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ACTS
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PASSED BT THE
General d^aurt of ^assacltwjictts
IN THE TEAR
1929
TOGETHER WITH
RETURNS OF VOTES UPON QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO VOTERS,
TABLES SHOWING CHANGES IN THE STATUTES, ETC.
PUBLISHED BT THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
in
BOSTON
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1929
ACTS AND RESOLVES
OF
MASSACHUSETTS
1929
S^ The General Court, which was chosen November 6, 1928, assembled
on Wednesday, the second day of January, 1929, for its first annual session.
The oaths of office were taken and subscribed by His Excellency Frank
G. Allen and His Honor William S. Youngman on Thursdaj^, the third
day of January, in the presence of the two Houses assembled in convention.
ACTS.
Chap.
An Act authorizing the town of watertown to ap-
propriate MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE
COST OF ERECTION OF A MEMORIAL TO THE FOUNDERS OF
THE TOWN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court assembled, and hy the authority of the same,
as follows:
Section 1. The town of Watertown may appropriate Town of
money in nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and in nineteen mny''ap°pro-
hundred and thirty for the purpose of paying the cost of pii^te money
erection of a memorial to the founders of Watertown and for of paying
other purposes in connection with the celebration of the erect°on of a
tercentenary of the founding of the town. the7ound*°
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. of the town.
Approved January 23, 1929.
etc.
Chap.
An Act validating the registration of certain voters
prior to the last state PRIxMARY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The registration of any voter between ten o'clock in the Kegistration
evening on the twentieth day preceding the state primary "oterspdor
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and the day following to last state
said primary in violation of section twenty-six of chapter validated.
fifty-one of the General Laws, as most recently amended by
section one of chapter one hundred and three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, to the extent that
such registration is invalid by reason thereof, is hereby made
valid. Approved January 29, 1929.
Chap.
An Act relative to certain police officers of the
CITY of boston pensioned ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Once each year the police commissioner for the city of ;^"'j"^\
Boston shall require every retired police officer of said city examination
under age fifty-five, who is in receipt of a pension on ac- ofK^ers'^of
count of disability under any law, other than chapter five |;',^j °/;f °®*°°'
hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred lifty-five,
and twenty-two, providing for the retirement and pensioning d'isabiiity'.
of any police officer of said city, to submit to an examination
to be given by the medical board provided for by section
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 4, 5.
Certification to
police com-
missioner as
to physical and
mental fitness
of police
officer for
service, etc.
Restoration to
service, etc.
Pension to
cease, etc.
Pension to
cease upon
failure to
submit to
examination.
eighteen of said chapter five hundred and twenty-one at a
time and place designated by it, or to be given by a physician
designated by said board in case the retired pohce officer
resides without the commonwealth. Said board by itself
or by such physician in the case aforesaid shall make such
examination and upon completion thereof shall report and
certify to said police commissioner whether or not said
retired police officer is physically and mentally fit for service
in the police department of said city and of the rank or grade
held by him when he was retired. If said board shall report
and certify to said police commissioner that said retired police
officer is physically and mentally fit for service as aforesaid,
said police commissioner shall restore him to said police
department in the same rank or grade which he had when he
was retired, in the first vacancy occurring in such rank or
grade, and shall send him written notice when and where to
report for duty; and upon so reporting for duty his pension
shall cease and he shall again become eligible to the benefits
of the law under which he was formerly retired and shall
not be subject to the provisions of said chapter five hundred
and twenty-one. If said retired police officer fails to submit
to such examination or to return to duty as required by said
notice, his pension shall cease.
Approved January 30, 1929.
Chap. 4 An Act authorizing the Middlesex college of medi-
cine AND surgery, inc., TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
The Middlesex
College of
Medicine and
Surgery, Inc.,
may hold
additional
real and
personal prop-
erty.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery, Inc., a
corporation incorporated under chapter twenty-eight of the
acts of eighteen hundred and forty-nine, under the name of
Worcester Medical Institution, and whose name was changed
to its present one under general law December fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby authorized to hold
real and personal property to an amount not exceeding one
million dollars for the purposes of said corporation.
Approved January 31, 1929.
Chap. 5 An Act to authorize the children's hospital in the
CITY OF BOSTON TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL
ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Children's Hospital, incorporated by chapter forty-
four of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby
authorized to hold, for the purposes for which it is incorpo-
rated, real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding
six milUon dollars in value, including the amount which it is
already authorized by law to hold.
Approved January 31, 1929.
The
Children's
Hospital
may hold
additional
real and
personal estate.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 6, 7.
An Act repealing certain provisions of law relative PJiQry a
TO LLOYDS associations. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one hundred and sixty-one of chap- Repeal,
ter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws is
hereby repealed.
Section 2. Section six of chapter one hundred and ten g. l. no, § e.
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out in '*"'^"<^«"^-
the fourth, fifth and sixth lines, the words " , nor to associ-
ations authorized to transact insurance in the common-
wealth under section one hundred and sixty-one of chapter
one hundred and seventy-five", so as to read as follows: —
Section 6. The preceding section shall not apply to any Certain
corporation doing business under its true corporate name, exempt V°om
nor to any partnership doing business under any title which statfn^Tea?*'^**'
includes the true surname of any partner; nor to any nameof
association which has complied with sections five and six of actfng bus'iness,
chapter one hundred and fifty-nine; nor to any partnership, ^*''-
joint stock company or association the business of which
is conducted by trustees under a written instrument or
declaration of trust, provided that the names of such trustees Proviso.
with a reference to such instrument or declaration of trust
shall be filed as provided in section five.
Approved February 2, 1929.
An Act permitting certain limited fraternal benefit (JJiaj) 7
societies to amend their charters under general
LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section forty-six of chapter one hundred and seventy-six g. l. i76,
of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter amend^e^d.
one hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, by chapter four hundred and ninety-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, by section
three of chapter eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five and by chapter two hundred and eighty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "ten" in the
fifty-seventh line the word : — , eleven, — so that the third
paragraph of said section will read as follows : —
Any such limited society may be incorporated, and limited frLTernai
fraternal benefit corporations may be formed, in the manner benefit
prescribed in and be subject to this section and to sections hoTiJfcor-
six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-two, poi'ated, etc.
thirty-six, forty-seven, forty-seven A and forty-nine of
this chapter and the seventh clause of section five of chapter
fifty-nine; provided, that no proceeding shall be instituted Proviso,
under said section thirty-six because such society has a
membership of less than four hundred.
Approved February 2, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 8, 9.
Reserve
police force
in town of
Natick,
establishment,
etc.
Chap. 8 An Act providing for the establishment of a reserve
POLICE FORCE IN THE TOWN OF NATICK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Natick may establish a re-
serve police force consisting of not more than five members,
and appointments thereto shall, subject to chapter thirty-
one of the General Laws, be made in the same manner as
appointments to the regular police force of said town. The
chief of police of said town may assign the members of such
reserve force to duty in said town whenever and for such
length of time as he may deem necessary; and when on duty
the members of said reserve force shall have all the powers
and duties of members of the regular police force of said
town.
Section 2. This act may be submitted to the voters of
said town for acceptance at any annual town meeting, and,
for the purpose of such submission only, shall take effect
upon its passage. The vote shall be taken in answer to the
following cjuestion which shall be placed upon the official
ballot to be used for the election of town officers at said
meeting: — "Shall an act passed by the general court in the
year nineteen hundred and twentj^-nine, entitled 'An Act
providing for the establishment of a reserve police force in
the town of Natick', be accepted?" If a majority of the
votes in answer to said question are in the affirmative, this
act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved February 2, 1929.
Submiesiun
to voters,
etc.
Chap.
G. L. 40, § 5,
cl. (12), etc.,
amenileii.
Cities and
towns may
appropiiate
money for
decoration of
soldiers'
graves and
for observance
of Meinoriiil
9 An Act relative to the participation of local chapters
OF the MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE MUNICIPAL OBSERVANCE
OF MEMORIAL DAY AND OTHER PATRIOTIC HOLIDAYS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Clause (12) of section five of chapter forty of the General
Laws, as amended by section six of chapter four hundred and
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
by chapters two hundred and two and four hundred and
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by
chapter sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven and by chapter nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "America" in the twenty-second line of said
clause the following : — and of local chapters of the Massa-
chusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, —
so as to read as follows: — (12) For erecting headstones or
other monuments at the graves of persons who served in the
war of the revolution, the war of eighteen hundred and
twelve, the Seminole war, the Mexican war or the war of
the rebellion or who served in the mihtary or naval service
of the United States in the Spanish American war or in the
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 10. 7
World war; for acquiring land by purchase or by eminent Day and
domain under chapter seventy-nme, purchasing, erecting, holidays, etc.
equipping or dedicating buildings, or constructing or dedi-
cating other suitable memorials, for the purpose of properly
commemorating the services and sacrifices of persons who
served as aforesaid; for the decoration of the graves, monu-
ments or other memorials of soldiers, sailors and marines
who served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United
States in time of war or insurrection and the proper observ-
ance of Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays under
the auspices of the local posts of the Grand Army of the
Republic, United Spanish War Veterans, The American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States and under the auspices of the Kearsarge Association
of Naval Veterans, Inc. and of local garrisons of the Army
and Navy Union of the United States of America and of
local chapters of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution; or for keeping in repair graves,
monuments or other memorials erected to the memory of
such persons or of its firemen who died from injuries received
in the performance of their duties in the fire service or for
decorating the graves of such firemen or for other memorial
observances in their honor. Money appropriated in honor
of such firemen may be paid over to, and expended for
such purposes by, any veteran firemen's association or similar
organization. Approved February 2, 1929.
An Act to incorporate the cathedral church of the Chav 10
DIOCESE OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Thomas F. Davies, John M. McGann, chnst church
William C. Simons, Henry M. Morgan, Stedman W. Craig, ufeofocteof
Ralph Carleton, Herbert G. Farquhar, Philip W. Simons, yjf'^^'""^
Laurence D. Chapin, William H. Shuart, William C. Hill, incorporated.^'
Lennox F. Beach, A. Ohn Sinclair, Oscar D. Dillman, Philip
S. Beebe, Edward T. Davis, Charles W. Burt, Morton Snow
and Addison L. Green, their associates and successors, who
shall be appointed or elected as hereinafter prescribed, are
hereby made a corporation by the name of Christ Church
Cathedral of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, with
all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties,
restrictions and liabilities set forth in all general laws now or
hereafter in force relating to charitable corporations, so far
as the same are appHcable.
Section 2. The object of the said corporation shall be object of
the establishment, erection, maintenance, and management corporation.
in accordance with the doctrine, discipline, and worship of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of
America, of a cathedral church and its appurtenances in
the city of Springfield, and of such incidental foundations,
schools, faculties, and other religious and charitable works
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 11,
May sue and
be sued, may
acquire by
purchase, gift,
etc., real or
personal
estate, etc.
May change
name.
First
members of
corporation.
Vacancies.
Proviso.
Corporation
to have power
to adopt a
constitution,
etc.
Adoption of
statutes not
inconsistent
with constitu-
tion.
Proviso.
as may properly be connected with such cathedral in and
for the diocese of which the said city of Springfield is a part.
Section 3. The said corporation shall be capable of
suing and being sued and shall have power to acquire by
purchase, gift, grant, devise or bequest, and to hold in trust
or otherwise, any estate or property, real or personal, neces-
sary or proper for any of the objects of the said corporation,
and to sell, mortgage, convey or otherwise dispose of any
property held by it. The said corporation shall have power,
at a meeting duly called for the purpose, to change the name
of the corporation.
Section 4. The persons named in the first section of
this act shall be, and are hereby constituted the first mem-
bers of said corporation and they shall hold office and have
power to fill vacancies in their number until their successors
shall be appointed or elected and qualified, under the con-
stitution to be adopted as hereinafter prescribed; provided,
that the bishop of the said Protestant Episcopal church of
the diocese in which the said cathedral shall be situated,
exercising jurisdiction as such for the time being, shall be
ex-officio a member and the official head and presiding
oflEicer of the said corporation.
Section 5. The said corporation shall have power to
adopt a constitution, which shall prescribe the number of
members of the corporation other than the said bishop, and
the mode of electing or appointing such members and their
powers and duties, and from time to time to amend or to
repeal the same. The corporation shall also have power to
adopt statutes not inconsistent with said constitution, and
from time to time to amend or to repeal the same. Such
statutes shall provide for the management and administra-
tion of the business, property and affairs of the corporation,
and for maintaining the worship and carrying on the work
of the cathedral. The constitution shall determine how
and upon what notice it may be amended or repealed, and
also how and upon what notice the said statutes may be
adopted, amended or repealed; provided, that the con-
stitution and statutes, and any amendments thereof, shall
not be inconsistent with this act or with any law of the
commonwealth.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 7, 1929.
Chap. 11 A^ -^CT authorizing the city of NORTHAMPTON TO AP-
PROPRIATE MONEY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING
IN SAID CITY DURING THE CURRENT YEAR THE ANNUAL
REUNION OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH UNITED
STATES INFANTRY VETERANS ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
NOTthimpton SECTION 1. The city of Northampton may appropriate
may appro- a sum, uot exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the purpose
pnate money / r- r-
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 12, 13. 9
of providing proper facilities for public entertainment at the to provide
time of the annual reunion of the one hundred and fourth lroTding1n°^
United States infantry veterans association, American ^fjrin'^^current
expeditionary forces, to be held in said city during the cur- year the
rent year and of paying expenses incidental to such enter- oFthe'one""'°"
tainment. Money so appropriated shall be expended under I'nlTrth^united
the direction and control of the mayor of said city. states infantry
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Issoc^"!on,
Approved February 7, 1929. American '
^ ^ 'J ' expeditionary
: forces.
An Act enabling the town of milton to sell a portion phf^rt 1 9
OF ITS PLAYGROUND ON BLUE HILL AVENUE. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Milton may sell at public auc- Town of
tion or private sale, and convey, the whole or any part of a seiia'po^tlon
certain parcel of real estate situated in that town, which ofitspiay-
has been held for playground purposes and is no longer needed Biue'nifr
for public use, and shall use the proceeds of such sale for si^enue, etc.
the purposes stated in section sixty-three of chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, inserted by section four of chapter
three hundred and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three. Said parcel of land is bounded and described Boundaries
as follows: Commencing at a stone bound in the county description,
commissioners' line forming the southeasterly boundary of
Blue Hill avenue, set at land now or formerly of Bridget
Will; thence running southerly along said land of Will one
hundred and four and five one hundredths feet to a point;
thence running northwesterly eighty-five feet to said
county commissioners' line and forming an angle of ninety
degrees therewith; thence running northeasterly along
said county commissioners' line sixty feet to the point of
beginning; containing twenty-five hundred and fifty square
feet, more or less.
Section 2. Action hereunder may be taken by the town when action
at the annual meeting to be held in March in the current ™ay be taken.
year, but not thereafter, except so far as is necessary to
carry out the provisions of any vote passed at said meeting
or to use as aforesaid the proceeds of said sale.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 7, 1929.
An Act placing the chief of police and the members QJiaj) 13
OF THE REGULAR OR PERMANENT POLICE FORCE OF THE
TOWN OF ROCKPORT UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The chief of police and members of the chief of
regular or permanent police force of the town of Rockport member^s^of
shall, upon the effective date of this act, become subject to regular or
the civil service laws and rules and regulations relating to poiicefor^e
the appointment and removal of police officers in towns, Rocl^orf
and the tenure of office of anv incumbent thereof shall be pieced under
civil service
laws.
10
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 14.
Submission to
voters, etc.
unlimited, except that he may be removed in accordance
with such laws and rules and regulations; but the present
chief of police and the present members of the regular or
permanent police force of said town may continue to serve
as such without taking a civil service examination.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the voters of said town at the annual town election in
the current year in the form of the following question which
shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used at said
election: ''Shall an act passed by the general court in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, entitled, 'An Act
placing the chief of police and the members of the regular
or permanent police force of the town of Rockport under
the civil service laws', be accepted?" If a majority of the
votes in answer to said question are in the affirmative, then
this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise, except
that for the purpose of such submission it shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved February 7, 1929.
Town of
Amesbury
may establish
and maintain
a public
hospital and
may purchase
the Amesbury
hospital
association
property for
such purpose.
Chap. 14 An Act authorizing the town of amesbury to establish
AND maintain A PUBLIC HOSPITAL AND TO PURCHASE THE
AMESBURY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PROPERTY FOR SUCH
PURPOSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Amesbury may establish and
maintain a public hospital for the use of the inhabitants of
said town, and others admitted thereto, who may require
medical or surgical treatment, and may appropriate money
for the establishment and maintenance of said hospital and
for the purchase of property therefor as hereinafter pro-
vided. Said town may purchase for use as aforesaid the
buildings and other property of the Amesbury hospital
located in said town and owned by the Amesbury hospital
association.
Section 2. For the purpose of providing funds for the
purchase aforesaid, said town may borrow from time to
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this
act, such sums as may be necessarj'^, not exceeding in the
aggregate fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Amesbury Hospital Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but
no issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal
to an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax
levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be inside the statutory limit and shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to the provisions of
chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Trustees, SECTION 3. Said towu shall, within sixty days from the
tirms°"tc. effective date of this act, elect at an annual or special elec-
Amesbury
Hospital
Loan, Act of
1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 15, 16. 11
tion a board consisting of five trustees to manage said public
hospital, who shall hold office, two until the expiration of
three years, two until the expiration of two years, and one
until the expiration of one year, from the date of the first
annual meeting following said effective date. Thereafter as
the terms of office expire, the town shall annually elect such
number of trustees for the term of three years each as are
necessary to fill any vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in vacancies.
said board otherwise than by the expiration of a term of
office shall be filled by appointment by the board of select-
men for the residue of the term.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
by a majority of the registered voters of the town present of°Amesbu°ryr
and voting thereon by ballot at any town meeting called etc.
for the purpose within three years from the passage of this
act; but, for the purpose of such acceptance, it shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved February 7, 1929.
An Act exempting from local taxation the stock of Qhav 15
DOMESTIC insurance COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause thirty-first of section five of chapter g. t>. 59, §.5.
fifty-nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding aJ^Jn^Jed^"''''®'
at the end thereof the following : — , and stock in domestic
insurance companies subject to taxation under section twenty
or twenty-two of said chapter, — so that said clause thirty-
first will read as follows: — Thirt3^-first, Stock in domestic stock in
business corporations, as defined in section thirty of chapter buSnlsg"
sixty-three, and stock in domestic insurance companies sub- corporations
ject to taxation under section twenty or twenty-two of said dom^tic'^ *"
chapter. insurance
COITlDiiniGS
Section 2. This act shall take effect as of the thirty- exempt from
first day of March in the current year. EffltrlTe
Approved February 8, 1929.
An Act relative to the observance by certain Chap. 16
municipalities of their three hundredth anniver-
saries.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an P''«^'"'''e-
emergency law, necessary for the unmediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Every municipality which was settled or began its corpo- Certain
rate existence in sixteen hundred and twenty-nine or six- "av make*'"**
teen hundred and thirty, and every other municipality in- appropriations
eluding within its limits any territory which was a part of igmorThl
such first mentioned municipality at the time of the settle- thli>thre*e^ °^
ment or beginning of corporate existence aforesaid, may hundredth
make appropriations in nineteen hundred and twenty-nine '^°°'''^'"^'''''^-
12
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 17, 18.
Town of
Wilmington
may borrow
money for
school purposes
and/or in nineteen hundred and thirty for the observance in
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine or nineteen hundred and
thirty of the three hundredth anniversary of the settlement
or beginning of corporate existence aforesaid. Any such
municipaHty may employ a secretary and such other em-
ployees and perform such other acts as may be necessary to
prepare for and carry out the observance of such anniversary.
Approved February 8, 1929.
Chap. 17 An Act authorizing the town of Wilmington to bor-
row MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing additional
school accommodations in the town of Wilmington by the
acquisition of land and/or the construction of a new school
building or buildings, or by enlarging, remodelling and/or
constructing additions to its present school buildings, in-
cluding the original equipment and furnishing of such new
buildings or of such additions as increase the floor space of
said present buildings, said town may borrow from time to
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Wilmington School Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no
issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal
to an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax
levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be inside the statutory limit and shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws exclusive of the limitation contained in
the first paragraph of section seven thereof, as revised by
chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1929.
Wilmington
School Loan,
Act of 1929.
Chap. 18 An Act extending the time within wthich certain
INDEBTEDNESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL PURPOSES MAY BE IN-
CURRED BY THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter forty-six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-four is hereby amended by
striking out, in the seventh line, the word "five" and in-
serting in place thereof the word : — ten, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 1 . For the purpose of purchasing or
otherwise acquiring land in the city of Newburyport for
high school purposes, together with the buildings thereon,
1924, 46, 5 1
amended.
City of New-
buryport may
borrow money
for high
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 19, 20. 13
and for the original construction of a high school building on ^.t^hooi
said land including the cost of the original equipment and p^^'p''^^^
furnishings of such building, said city may borrow from Time within
time to time, within a period of ten years from the passage of indebtedness
this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in f^'^y^^^^
the aggregate, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and '" """^^ '
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Newburyport High School Loan, Act of 1924. ^il^^;'';:^^]:^^^'
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and j.fjj'j"- '^''^"f
such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from
their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this section
unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent
of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to
be raised in the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws exclusive
of the new provisions inserted in section seven of said
chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1929.
An Act authorizing the city of westfield to appro- (yifip 19
PRIATE money to PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING IN
SAID CITY THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN
LEGION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Westfield may appropriate a cityof
sum, not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars, for the pur- "ay appro-
pose of providing proper facilities for public entertainment f^'pro^de"^^
at the time of the state convention of The American Legion, faciiitiesfor
to be held in said city during the current year, and of pay- sa°idcifythe
ing expenses incidental to such entertainment. Money so tJon''o'f°Thr"
appropriated shall be expended under the direction of the Ameiioan
mayor of said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1929.
r,oa:inn
An Act authorizing the town of westport to refund C/mp. 20
OR extend certain temporary LOANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Westport may refund from To«nof
time to time any revenue loan of the year nineteen hundred refumror""^^
and twenty-eight for a period of not more than eighteen temporary*^'"
months from the date of the passage of this act and may issue loans.
a note or notes of the town therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Westport Revenue Refunding Loan, Act of J^|fgP°Jg'
1929. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in uefimdiug
excess of the statutory limit. None of the unappropriated |o?m)"' '^"^ ''^
funds in the treasury on January first, nineteen hundred and
14
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 21, 22.
twenty-nine, nor the receipts from the collection of taxes of
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and prior
years, nor other accounts receivable of the town as of said
January first, shall be applied to or appropriated for any
purpose except the payment of the revenue loans of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight or the revenue refunding loans
herein authorized, so long as there are any such loans out-
standing.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1929.
Chap. 21 An Act enabling the town op marblehead to present
A set of flags or other appropriate gift to the
UNITED STATES FOR THE USE OF THE U. S. S. " MARBLE-
HEAD ".
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Marblehead may appropriate
a sum of money, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for the
purpose of purchasing a set of flags or such other appropriate
gift as the town may determine, to be presented to the
United States for the use of the U. S. S. "Marblehead".
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1929.
Town of
Marblehead
may present
a set of
flags or other
appropriate
gift to the
United States
for the use
of the U.S. S.
"Marblehead."
1925, 339, § 18,
etc., amended.
Chap. 22 An Act postponing the time for allocating and appor-
tioning THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATION OF THE SOUTH ESSEX SEWERAGE DISTRICT AND
OTHERWISE AMENDING THE ACT ESTABLISHING SAID DIS-
TRICT,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eighteen of chapter three hundred
and thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
five, as amended by section one of chapter thirty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and by sections
two, three, four and five of chapter two hundred and ninety-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is
hereby further amended by striking out the eleventh, twelfth
and thirteenth paragraphs and inserting in place thereof
the following: —
Beginning in the year nineteen hundred and thirty, said
board shall determine annually on or before February
apportionments fifteenth, what part of the retirement and interest pay-
consT/uction, meuts falfiug due that year on bonds or notes issued under
basis, etc. sectiou fifteen, including notes issued to pay annual interest
on bonds or notes previously issued and any and all other
sums, shall be allocated to each account described in sub-
divisions (a) to (h), inclusive, as its share for that year of
the cost of construction. Each share so determined in the
case of subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (e), (/) and (g) shall be
apportioned to the institutions, town and/or cities partici-
pating in that share, one third in proportion to their re-
South Esse.f
Sewerage
District,
annua'
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 22. 15
spective valuations as determined as hereinafter provided
for the year nineteen hundred and thirty by the commis-
sioner of corporations and taxation, and two thirds in
proportion to their respective normal average flow of sewage
as determined by said board for the period covered by the
years nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine; it being hereby provided that, Determination,
until the construction of the sewers and other works herein n°pnor[^°fnfent,
provided for and until the sewerage system thus made is in °f fl°'^ °' ,.,
^ , . . , , 1 • 1 , • • r e sewage until
operation, said board in determining, tor purposes oi ap- construction
portionment, the flow of sewage, shall make use of the flow ^^ sewers, etc.
of sewage of the existing systems from said institutions and
cities, and as said town of Danvers has at present no sewer- Such
age system and will not have one for some years adequate fn cl's""rruow"n
to dispose of the sewage from said town, the flow of sewage °f Danvers.
from said town of Danvers shall for said purposes be de-
termined at one million two hundred and fifty thousand
gallons per day. The cost of maintenance and operation of Annual
said sewers and other works for each account described in oFcosto"'"^"''*
subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive, shall be estimated by said ^n'doprrltfon,
board for each year on or before February fifteenth and shall basis, etc.
be apportioned by said board to the institutions, town
and/or cities participating in that account, one third in pro-
portion to their respective valuations as last determined as
hereinafter provided by the commissioner of corporations
and taxation and two thirds in proportion to their respective
flow of sewage as determined by said board for the previous
year, except that the cost of maintenance and operation for
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, or any part
thereof, and for the year nineteen hundred and thirty shall
first be estimated and apportioned as aforesaid in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty on or before February fifteenth
and that the two thirds of the cost of maintenance and
operation for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine,
or any part thereof, and for the year nineteen hundred and
thirty, shall be apportioned in proportion to the flow of
sewage as determined by said board for the period covered
by the years nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and nine-
teen hundred and twenty-nine. Any balance remaining at Balance
the end of any year on account of assessments herein pro- etJ^'.^tS'be'
vided for shall be credited to the institution, town or cities credited, etc.
as the case may be in the same proportion as assessed, and P*'^'''*' *'**^"d
any deficit on account of any year shall be assessed the etc.
following year in the same proportion as for the year in
which the deficit occurred. For the purposes of apportion- Determination
ing the annual cost of maintenance and operation, the flow slwagehom
of sewage from the town of Danvers shall in no year prior town of
to the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five be determined apportioning
at less than one million two hundred and fifty thousand mnLfenance
gallons per day. and operation,
i,A The annual apportionments so deteraiined, including the Notice and
annual allocations under subdivisions (d) and (h), both, for ^fg^j.^pt'^fo^^
cost of construction and for maintenance and operation, payment by
16
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 22.
said cities,
town and
institwtioTisi
Recovery upon
failure to pay
Anuual
determination
and report of
taxable
valuations of
said cities and
town and of
valuations of
said
institutions.
Proviso.
I'JliS, 339, § 2.
etc., amended
On M-ucli 31,
1930, two
members to
nease to be
members, etc
1925, 339, § 15,
etc., amended.
Issue of
notes to
meet expenses
of maintenance
and operation,
ote.
shall in the case of each of said cities, town and institutions
be added together, and on or before the fifteenth day of
February in each year, beginning in nineteen hundred and
thirty as aforesaid, the treasurer of said South Essex Sewer-
age District shall notify each of the amount to be paid by
it, and shall in writing demand that such amount be paid
on or before the first day of November in that year, and
said amount shall be so paid; and in case of failure to pay
after a written demand therefor, said district may' recover
such amount in contract from those liable to pay the same.
The commissioner of corporations and taxation shall
annually, beginning in the year nineteen hundred and
thirty, determine and report to said board prior to Feb-
ruary first the respective taxable valuations of said cities of
Salem, Beverly and Peabody and of said town of Danvers,
as of the first day of April next preceding, and the valuations,
as of said day, as determined by said commissioner, of the
institutions served by the sewerage system herein provided
for; provided, that no part of the valuations of the* Essex
county sanatorium, Danvers state hospital, Essex county
agricultural school and the industrial camp shall for pur-
poses of apportionment be included in the valuation of the
town of Danvers.
Section 2. Section two of said chapter three hundred
and thirty-nine, as amended by section two of said chapter
thirty-six, is hereby further amended by striking out the'
fourth paragraph thereof and inserting in place thereof the
following: —
On March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty, the
engineer acting as county engineer for the county of Essex
and the chief engineer of the department of public health
shall cease to be members of said board, and the sewers
and other works shall thereafter be managed, controlled and
operated by the remaining five members.
Section 3. Section fifteen of said chapter three hundred
and thirty-nine, as amended by section one of said chapter
two hundred and ninety-four, is hereby further amended by
striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place
thereof the following: —
To meet the expenses of maintenance and operation of
said sewers and other works, so far as the same cannot be
met from other sources, the treasurer of said South Essex
Sewerage District shall, upon vote of said board, borrow
from time to time and issue notes of the district therefor;
said notes to be payable in not more than one year from their
dates of issue from receipts from and assessments levied
for the maintenance and operation of said system and other
works; provided, that notes issued for a shorter period than
one year may be refunded by the issue of other notes matur-
ing within the required time, if the period from the date
of issue of the original loan to the date of maturity of the
last refunding loan does not exceed one year; and provided,
further, that notes so issued during the year nineteen hun-
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 23, 24. 17
dred and twenty-nine for a period of one year or less may be
refunded, as hereinbefore provided, so that the period from
the date of issue of the original loan to the date of maturity
of the last refunding loan shall not exceed two years.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1929.
An Act authorizing the city library association of Chap. 28
SPRINGFIELD TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL
ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter forty of the acts of nineteen hun- i9i-', 4o, § i,
dred and twelve is hereby amended by striking out, in the ''™^"^^'^-
fifth Line, the word "three" and inserting in place thereof
the word : — six, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . JJ{^^^^^^^
The City Library Association of Springfield is hereby au- Association of
thorized to hold real and personal estate for the purposes nfay"hoid'^
named in its act of incorporation, chapter one hundred and ^g![{'^'°^"'
forty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and personal estate
sixty-four, to an amount not exceeding six million dollars,
exclusive of its library, art and science buildings and of
the books and collections of natural history and works of
art in its library and museum buildings.
Approved February 8, 1929.
An Act repealing certain provisions of law relative fhr... 94
TO ASSESSMENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. ^ '
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of ^" gijip"' '''^'^ •
the General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred
and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four and as affected by section seventeen of chapter four
hundred and six of the acts of said year, is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Section three of chapter one hundred and ^^^ ^'■imended
seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended by section one
of said chapter four hundred and six, is hereby further
amended by striking out all after the word "or" in the
sixth line and inserting in place thereof the words : — chapter
one^ hundred and seventy-six or one hundred and seventy-
eight, — so as to read as follows: — Section 3. No com- insurance
pany shall make a contract of insurance upon or relative to contlaryV
any property or interests or lives in the commonwealth, or ^^■j^j''^''' ^""^
with any resident thereof, and no person shall negotiate, forbidden
solicit, or in any manner aid in the transaction of such in-
surance or of its continuance or renewal, except as author-
ized by this chapter or chapter one hundred and seventy-six
or one hundred and seventy-eight.
Section 3. Section three A of said chapter one hun- g.l. 175, §3a,
dred and seventy-five, inserted by section two of said chapter '^^^e"'^*'^'
four hundred andj six, is hereby amended by striking out, in
the second and third lines, the words "chapters one hundred
18
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 24.
Commissioner
of insurance
to enforce
certain
provisions of
law.
To report
certain
violations
to attorney
general, etc.
G. L. 175, >^ 25,
etc., amended.
and seventy-six and one hundred and seventy-seven", —
and inserting in place thereof the words: — chapter one
hundred and seventy-six, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 3 A. The commissioner shall administer and enforce
the provisions of this chapter and chapter one hundred and
seventy-six, and, so far as is provided therein, chapter one
hundred and seventy-eight. If upon complaint, examination
or other evidence exhibited to him he is of the opinion that
any provision of said chapters has been violated, he shall
forthwith report the facts to the attorney general, to the
proper district attorney or to the commissioner of public
safety, who shall cause the offender to be prosecuted therefor.
Section 4. Section twenty-five of said chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-five, as amended by section two of chapter
one hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one and by chapter eighty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended
by striking out the heading "Forms B and C. — Mutual
Companies and United States Branches of Companies
OF Foreign Countries" and also the paragraph immedi-
ately following the same, all as printed in the General Laws,
and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Change in
Forms B
and C, annual
statement
of certain
insurance
companies.
G. L. 175, § 29,
amended.
Companies
subject to
chapter 175.
Forms B and C. — Companies Not Elsewhere Pro-
vided FOR and United States Branches of Com-
panies OF Foreign Countries.
The form of return required from mutual companies and
from the United States branches of companies of foreign
countries, and from all other companies except those here-
inbefore provided for and except life and those reporting
under chapter one hundred and seventy-six or one hundred
and seventy-eight, shall be the same as outlined above,
with such modifications as the commissioner may deem
necessary to make the foregoing form apphcable to the
business of such companies.
Section 5. Section twenty-nine of said chapter one
hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by striking out,
in the third and fourth lines and in the eighth and ninth
lines, the words "chapters one hundred and seventy-sLx and
one hundred and seventy-seven" and inserting in place
thereof, in each instance, the words: — chapter one hundred
and seventy-six, — so as to read as follows : — Section 29.
All companies now or hereafter incorporated or formed by
authority of any general or special law of the commonwealth
shall, except as provided in section one hundred and fourteen
and in chapter one hundred and seventy-six, be subject to
this chapter. Trade unions and other associations of wage
workers whose principal objects are to deal with the relations
between employers^and employees^relative to wages, hours
of labor and other conditions of emplojonent shall not be
subject to this chapter or chapter one hundred and seventy-
six.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 24. 19
Section 6. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five, g. l. 175. § se,
as amended in section fifty-six by section seven of chapter etc., amended.
four hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section fifty-six and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing: — Section 56. Any domestic corporation subject to Reincorpora-
chapter one hundred and seventy-six and confining its fr°ternar''^'"
membership to a particular order or fraternity may by a benefit
two thirds vote of its policy or certificate holders voting stock*'^^'*^
thereon adopt this section at a meeting called to consider the companies,
same, of which meeting written or printed notice shall be
mailed to each policy or certificate holder at least thirty
days before the day fixed for the meeting, and be reincorpo-
rated under this chapter as a stock company to insure only
against the disability of the insured by sickness and the
bodily injury and death of the insured by accident as pro-
vided in subdivisions (a) and (6) of the sixth clause of section
forty-seven. The members of such corporation may vote voting by
on this proposition by proxy, if the instrument appointing p'""''^-
the proxy is filed with the secretary of the corporation at
least five days before said meeting, and the aforesaid notice
to the pohcy and certificate holders shall so state. A copy copyofyote
of such vote certified to by the president, secretary and a g°one™'etc.'
majority of the directors of the corporation shall be filed with
the commissioner. If such vote be in the affirmative the Notice of
recording officer shall cause a notice to be mailed to each v!!t™o pofioy
policy or certificate holder at his last known address, reciting or certificate
the substance of such vote, and stating that books for cash
subscriptions for stock in said company have been opened
in the home office and will continue open for sixty days
from the date of said notice, and that a policy or certificate
holder in said corporation may have a prior right within
said period to subscribe for said stock; and stating also that
no member shall subscribe for more than ten shares thereof,
and that the par value shall be twenty-five dollars per share ;
and stating also, in a form satisfactory to the commissioner,
the financial condition of the corporation at the time of the
meeting aforesaid. If within said period of sixty days the oversubscrip
capital, as fixed, shall be oversubscribed by poHcy or cer- ^'°p"j?f, ^j^
tificate holders, the directors shall allot to each his propor-
tionate part of the amount subscribed. At the expiration Ces.s.ition of
of said period of sixty days, the said right of priority to ^Ifteeriije.
subscribe shall cease, and subscriptions for stock then undis-
posed of may be received from any member or certificate
holder or other person and to any amount. Within thirty Meetinfror
days after the stock has been subscribed, a meeting of the noS'ete^'
subscribers shall be called by a notice signed by the re-
cording officer of the corporation, stating the time, place
and purpose of the meeting, a copy of which notice shall,
seven days at least before the day appointed for the meeting,
be given to each subscriber, or left at his usual place of
business or residence, or deposited in the post office, postpaid,
and addressed to him at his usual place of business or resi-
20
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 24.
Adoption
of by-laws,
election of
officers, etc.
Certificate of
organization,
submission to
commissioner,
etc.
Filing with
state secretary,
fee, etc.
Liabilities,
rights, etc., of
reincorporated
companies,
etc.
Policies to
continue in
force, etc.
Proviso.
Reincorpoi a ted
companies
may increase
capital stock,
etc.
G. L. 155, § 10,
etc., amended.
dence. Said recording officer shall make an affidavit of his
doings, which, with a copy of the notice, shall be recorded
in the records of the corporation. At such meeting, includ-
ing any necessary or reasonable adjournment thereof, by-laws
of such stock company shall be adopted, and the secretary,
directors and such other officers as the by-laws require shall
be chosen. The president, treasurer and other officers that
the said by-laws authorize them to choose shall be elected
by the directors at a meeting held directly after the ad-
journment of the stockholders' meeting. A certificate of
organization, containing a statement that the capital stock
has been paid in in cash, shall be signed and sworn to by
the president, secretary and a majority of the directors of
such corporation, and shall, with the records of the corpo-
ration pertaining to the reincorporation, be submitted to the
commissioner. If it appears that the requirements of this
section have been complied with, the commissioner shall so
certify and approve the certificate by his endorsement thereon.
Such certificate shall thereupon be filed with the state secre-
tary, who, upon payment of a fee of one twentieth of one per
cent of the total amount of the authorized capital, but not
less than one hundred dollars, shall issue to such corporation
a certificate of reincorporation as a stock company, with the
powers retained and hereby conferred. Upon the issuance
of such certificate such company shall cease to issue policies
or certificates upon its former plan, and shall then be em-
powered to transact its business under this chapter, with
all the obligations, rights and privileges that it would be
subject to had it been incorporated thereunder.
The company shall be subject to all the liabilities of the
former corporation, and be entitled to all its assets. All
policies or certificates in force at the date of reincorporation
shall continue in full force and effect in all their provisions,
agreements and undertakings, and shall be construed ac-
cording to the laws under which they were issued, except
that the policy or certificate holder shall not be liable to any
extra assessment; provided, that the rates for benefits for
death from natural causes may from time to time be raised
if the experience of the company shows it to be necessary.
Any defences or evidence relative to such policies or cer-
tificates open under such provisions shall constitute a
defence, and shall be received as evidence in any controversy
between the parties to or interested in such pohcies or cer-
tificates. No such reincorporated company shall declare a
stock dividend unless its surplus thereafter would be equal
to the amount of the surplus at the time of reincorporation.
Any company reincorporated under this section may in-
crease its capital stock in the manner provided in section
seventy, and may, if it has sufficient capital, transact all
the kinds of business permitted to domestic companies by
section fifty-one.
Section 7. Section ten of chapter one hundred and
fifty-five of the General Laws, as amended by section three
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 25. 2]
of chapter three hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended
by striking out the comma in the thirty-third Hne and in-
serting in place thereof the word : — or, — and by striking
out, in the thirty-fourth hne, the words "or one hundred
and seventy-seven", — so as to read as follows: — Section change of
10. A corporation, except one subject to chapter one "ertohf
hundred and fifty-six or chapters one hundred and sLxty to corporations
one hundred and sixty-three, inclusive, may at a meeting
duly called for the purpose, by vote of two thirds of each
class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote, or, in case
such corporation has no capital stock, by vote of two thirds
of the persons legally qualified to vote in meetings of the
corporation, or by a larger vote if its agreement of associ-
ation or by-laws shall so require, change its name; pro- Proviso.
vided, that no corporation subject to section twenty-six of
chapter one hundred and eighty shall change its name until
after approval of such change by the state secretary. Articles Articles of
of amendment signed and sworn to by the president, treas- b™p?epareci. "
urer and a majority of the directors or other officers having ''*'■
the powers of directors, shall within thirty days after such
meeting be prepared, setting forth such amendment, and
stating that it has duly been adopted by the stockholders.
Such amendment shall be submitted to the commissioner Submission to
who shall examine it, and if he finds that it conforms to the ^^^^""^^'""'''■'
requirements of law, he shall so certify and endorse his
approval thereon. Thereupon the state secretary shall di- state
rect the officers of the corporation to publish in such form dlrecfpub"
as he may see fit, in a newspaper published in the county lication.etc.
where the corporation has its principal office or place of
business, notice of such change of name. When the state To grant
secretary is satisfied that such notice has been published as trname^of""*
required by him, he shall upon the payment of a fee of one corporation.
dollar grant a certificate of the name which the corporation
shall bear, which name shall thereafter be its legal name,
and he shall cause the article of amendment and the en-
dorsements thereon to be recorded in his office. In the case Approval of
of corporations subject to chapter one hundred and seventy- onnTuram-e^'
five or one huildred and seventy-sLx, the approval of the ^gl^^'^j.^^i
commissioner of insurance shall be required before the com-
missioner of corporations and taxation approves the article
of amendment. No article of amendment changing the Article of
name of any corporation shall take effect until it has been w^ient'^take
filed in the office of the state secretary as aforesaid. effect.
Approved February 8, 1929.
An Act providing that the civil service laws shall Qj^dj)^ 25
NO longer apply to the office of chief of police
OF THE TOWN OF WAREHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter ninety-nine of the Special Acts of '^'y,'^'- ^^•
nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby repealed.
22
Acts, 1929. ~ Chap. 26.
Submission
to voters, etc.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the town of Wareham at the annual town meeting
in the current year, in the form of the following question
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for
the election of town officers at said meeting: — "Shall an act
passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, entitled 'An Act providing that the civil
service laws shall no longer apply to the office of chief of
police of the town of Wareham' be accepted?" If a ma-
jority of the votes in answer to said question are in the
affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take effect, but
not otherwise, except that, for the purpose of such submis-
sion, it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 8, 1929.
Chap. 26 An Act authorizing the town of ipswich to construct
AND operate a SYSTEM OF SEWERS.
Town of
Ipswich may
construct and
operate a
system of
sewers, etc.
May make and
maintain con-
necting drains,
etc.
LJoard of sewer
commissioners,
election, terms,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Ipswich may lay out, construct,
maintain and operate a system or systems of main drains
and common sewers for a part or the whole of its territory,
with such connections and other works as may be required
for a system of sewage disposal, and may construct such
sewers or drains over and under land or tidewater in said
town as may be necessary to conduct the sewage to the filter
beds, treatment works and/or to the Ipswich river, the
Atlantic ocean or Plum Island river, sometimes called Plum
Island sound, or to any of said waters, and, for the purpose
of providing better surface or other drainage, may make,
lay and maintain such drains as it deems best. And for the
purposes aforesaid, the town may, within its limits, make
and maintain sub-drains.
Section 2. The town may make and maintain in any
way therein where main drains or common sewers are con-
structed, such connecting drains, under-drains and sewers
within the limits of such way as may be necessary to connect
any estate which abuts upon the way.
Section 3. The town may, at the meeting when this act
is accepted, vote that the selectmen shall act as a board of
sewer commissioners. If the town does not so vote at said
meeting, the town shall elect by ballot at any town meeting
not later than the second annual meeting after the com-
mencement of construction hereunder of a system of sewer-
age and sewage disposal, a board of three sewer commis-
sioners who shall be citizens of the town, to hold office, if
elected at an annual meeting, one until the expiration of
one year, one until the expiration of two years, and one until
the expiration of three years, from such annual town meet-
ing, and until their successors are qualified, or, if elected
at a special meeting, one until the expiration of one year,
one until the expiration of two years, and one until the
expiration of three years, from the next succeeding annual
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 26. 23
town meeting, and until their successors are qualified; and
thereafter at each annual town meeting, the town shall
elect one member of the board to serve for three years and
until his successor is elected and qualified. Any selectman
shall be eligible to election to said board. In either case,
whether the town votes that its selectmen shall act as a
board of sewer commissioners or elects a board of sewer
commissioners, the town may at any time thereafter, by any
or all the methods permitted by general law, provide for the
election of a board of three sewer commissioners, or that the
selectmen may act as a board of sewer commissioners, as
the case may be.
Section 4. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting Board may
for and on behalf of said town, may take by eminent domain wite^Hghts.
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire etc.
by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water rights, rights of
way or easements, public or private, in said town, neces-
sary for accomplishing any purpose mentioned in this act,
and may construct such main drains and sewers under or
over any bridge, railroad, railway, boulevard or other
public way, or within the location of any railroad, and
may enter upon and dig up any private land, public way or
railroad location, for the purpose of laying such drains and
sewers and of maintaining and repairing the same, and
may do any other thing proper or necessary for the pur-
poses of this act; provided, that they shall not take in fee Proviso.
any land of a railroad corporation, and that they shall not
enter upon or construct any drain or sewer within the lo-
cation of any railroad corporation except at such time and
in such manner as they may agree upon with such corpo-
ration, or, in case of failure to agree, as may be approved
by the department of public utilities.
Section 5. Until the board of sewer commissioners has Authorized
first been elected as provided in this act or the selectmen carrion wodt
have first been authorized by vote to act as such board, as ""^ii board is
the case may be, but not in any event later than the second '^ '^'^ ^' ■ ® ^•
annual meeting after the commencement of the work of con-
struction authorized hereby, the town may carry on such
work by a duly authorized committee of the town. The
committee shall serve without pay and shall have all the
powers and authority given to the board of sewer commis-
sioners in this act or by general law. Whenever the phrase "Said board
"said board of sewer commissioners" or "said board" here- commfs^sioners-
inafter occurs, it shall mean and include the board of sewer or "said
commissioners, the selectmen acting as such or the com- definition,
mittee of the town provided for in this section, as the case
may be.
Section 6. Any person injured in his property by any Recovery of
action of said board of sewer commissioners under this act damages.
may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine.
Section 7. The town shall, by vote, determine what Town to
proportion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage proportion 'of
24
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 26.
To determine
method of
providing
remaining
portion of
post.
May borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.
Ipswich Sewer-
age Loan, Act
of 1929.
Receipts from
sewer assess-
ments, etc.,
how apphed.
Board may ap-
point cleric
and superin-
tendent of
sewers, etc.
Rentals for use
of sewer
systems.
Contracts.
Rules and
regulations.
and sewage disposal the town shall pay; provided, that it
shall pay not less than one fourth nor more than two thirds
of the whole cost. In providing for the payment of the
remaining portion of the cost of said sj^stem or systems or
for the use of said system or systems, the town may avail
itself of any or all of the methods permitted by general
laws, and the provisions of said general laws relative to the
assessment, apportionment, division, reassessment, abate-
ment and collection of sewer assessments, to liens therefor
and to interest thereon shall apply to assessments made
under this act, except that interest shall be at the rate of six
per cent per annum. At the same meeting at which it
determines the proportion of the cost which is to be borne
by the town, it may by vote determine by which of such
methods the remaining portion of said cost shall be provided
for. The collector of taxes of said town shall certify the pay-
ment or payments of such assessments or apportionments
thereof to the sewer commissioners, or to the selectmen
acting as such, who shall preserve a record thereof.
Section 8. For the purpose of paying the necessary
expenses and liabilities incurred under this act, the town
may borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, three hundred thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Ipswich Sewerage Loan, Act of 1929. Each au-
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 9. The receipts from sewer assessments and
from payments made in lieu thereof shall be applied to the
payment of charges and expenses incident to the maintenance
and operation of said system of sewerage and sewage disposal
or to the extension thereof, to the payment of interest upon
bonds or notes issued for sewer purposes or to the payment
or redemption of such bonds or notes.
Section 10. Said board of sewer commissioners may
annually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent
of sewers who shall not be a member of the board, and shall
define their duties. It may remove the clerk or superin-
tendent at its pleasure. Said board may, in its discretion,
prescribe for the users of said sewer systems such annual
rentals or charges based upon the benefits derived therefrom
as it may deem proper, subject however to such rules and
regulations as may be fixed by vote of the town.
Section 11. All contracts made by the board of sewer
commissioners shall be made in the name of the town and
shall be signed by the board, but no contract shall be made
or obligation incurred by said board for any purpose in
excess of the amount of money appropriated by the town
therefor.
Section 12. Said board may, from time to time, pre-
scribe rules and regulations for the connection of estates
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 27, 28. 25
and buildings with main drains and sewers, and for inspec-
tion of the materials, the construction, alteration and use
of all connections and drains entering into such main drains
or sewers, and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding
twenty dollars, for each violation of any such rule or regu-
lation. Such rules and regulations shall be published at Effective upon
least once a week for three successive weeks in some news- P"'^''cation.
paper published in the town of Ipswich, if there be any, and
if not, then in some newspaper published in the county of
Essex, and shall not take effect until such publications have
been made.
Section 13. No act shall be done under authority of f g"^J°Jf
the preceding sections, except in the making of surveys and sewerage,
other preliminary investigations, until the plans for said stote°diepMt-
system of sewerage and sewage disposal have been approved "^bHc^heaith
by the state department of public health. Upon applica-
tion to said department for its approval, it shall give a
hearing, after due notice to the public. At such hearing,
plans showing in detail all the work to be done in construct-
ing said system of sewerage and sewage disposal shall be
submitted for approval by said department.
Section 14. For the purpose of submission to the voters Effective upon
of said town, this act shall take effect upon its passage, and mafoHtrvo'te
it shall take full effect upon its acceptance by vote of the °f voters, etc.
majority of the voters of said town voting thereon at a town
meeting called for the purpose within five years after its pas-
sage. No expenditure shall be made and no liability in-
curred hereunder until such acceptance.
Approved February 8, 1929.
An Act authorizing the durant incorporated to hold Phn^ 27
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Durant Incorporated, a corporation organized under The Durant
chapter one hundred and eighty of the General Laws, is maJToi'd*'''^
hereby authorized to hold real and personal property to an "^^'g""'""'
amount not exceeding five million dollars.
Approved February 8, 1929.
An Act prohibiting the certification of municipal and QJiav 28
DISTRICT NOTES WHEN THE PROCEEDS THEREOF ARE NOT
TO BE USED FOR AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-four of chapter forty-four of the General .*^;, ^^f'^j ^ -*■
Laws is hereby amended by adding the words: — , or if it ''""^"'"^
appears that the proceeds of the note are not to be used
for the purpose specified in the vote authorizing the loan for
which the note is issued, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 24- Whenever a town or a fire, water, light or im- issue of town
provement district votes to raise money otherwise than by nStls."'*"''*
26
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 28.
Issue of town
and district
notes.
Certification of
municipal and
district notes
when proceeds
are not to be
used for au-
thorized pur-
poses, pro-
hibited.
the issue of bonds, the treasurer thereof shall make notes
for the amount of the proposed loan, and shall use one or
more, in serial order, of the forms provided for in the pre-
ceding section, with the blank spaces properly filled in.
Town notes shall be signed by the treasurer thereof, and
a majority of the selectmen shall countersign and approve
each note in the presence of the town clerk, who shall certify
to the fact on the face thereof and affix thereon the town
seal. Notes of districts shall be signed by the treasurer
thereof, and a majority of the prudential committee or
commissioners shall countersign and approve them in the
presence of the clerk of the district, who shall certify to the
fact on the face thereof. The treasurer of the town or dis-
trict, after making a record of the transaction in accordance
with the preceding section, shall forward, with the fee required
by section twenty-six, every such note to the director, with
a copy of said record and a copy of the vote authorizing the
loan, certified by the clerk of the town or district, and a
certification by said clerk that the person whose signature
appears upon the note as treasurer was the duly authorized
treasurer of the town or district when such signature was
made, and that the persons whose signatures appear upon the
note as those of a majority of the selectmen or of the pru-
dential committee or commissioners were duly qualified as
such when such signatures were made; and the treasurer
of such district shall furnish such other information with
reference to the financial condition of the district as the
director may require to enable him properly to certify the
note. If upon examination the note appears to the director
to have been duly issued in accordance with the vote of the
town or district authorizing it, or in accordance with an act
of the general court, and to have been signed by the duly
qualified officials of such town or district, he shall so certify
and shall thereupon return the note by registered mail to
the treasurer of such town or district; but, under such regu-
lations as he may prescribe, if so authorized by the town
treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, or by the
treasurer of the district with the approval of the prudential
committee or commissioners, the director may deliver a
certified note to the payee thereof. He may certify to the
issue of a note on any date not earlier than three days prior
to the date of issue appearing on the note, if the other con-
ditions of this chapter have been complied with. He shall
not certify a note payable on demand, nor shall he certify
any note unless the laws relating to municipal indebtedness
have been complied with, or if it appears that the proceeds
of the note are not to be used for the purpose specified in the
vote authorizing the loan for which the note is issued.
Approved February 8, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 29, 30. 27
An Act extending to optometrists the provisions of ^j r>Q
LAW RELATIVE TO THE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS FOR MAL- ^ ^^^V ' ^^
PRACTICE, ERROR OR MISTAKE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and sixty of the g. l. 26o, § 4,
General Laws, as amended in section four by section one ^^'^■' amenfied.
of chapter three hundred and nineteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one and by section ten of chapter
three hundred and forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section four and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Section 4- Actions for assault and battery, false im- Limitation of
prisonment, slander, actions against sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, '""^^'-'"^ actions.
constables or assignees in insolvency for the taking or con-
version of personal property, actions of tort for injuries to
the person against counties, cities and towns, and actions of
contract or tort for malpractice, error or mistake against
physicians, surgeons, dentists, optometrists, hospitals and
sanitaria, shall be commenced only within two years next
after the cause of action accrues; and actions for libel and
actions of tort for bodily injuries or for death the payment of
judgments in which is required to be secured by chapter
ninety, suits by judgment creditors in such actions of tort
under section one hundred and thirteen of chapter one
hundred and seventy-five and clause (10) of section three
of chapter two hundred and fourteen and suits on motor
vehicle liability bonds under section thirty-four G of said
chapter ninety shall be commenced only within one year next
after the cause of action accrues.
Section 2. This act shall apply only to causes of action Application of
arising after its effective date. ^'^^ limited.
Approved February 8, 1929.
An Act exempting probation officers from the laws QJiaj) 30
APPLICABLE TO PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section sLxty-one B of chapter two hundred and seventy- g. l. 276,
six of the General Laws, inserted by section two of chapter Imended!"
four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-two and as amended by section one of chapter
three hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-SLx, is hereby further amended by adding at the
end thereof the words: — or to probation officers, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 61 B. Any person proposing Professional
to become bail or surety in a criminal case for hire or re- wh"t''i™reo'ns
ward, either received or to be received, and any person be- deemed to be.
coming bail or surety in a criminal case after having become rfg'istrltion,
bail or surety in criminal cases on more than three separate ''*°'
occasions in any twelve months' period, shall be deemed
to be a professional bondsman and shall not be accepted as
28
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 31.
Revocation of
approval and
registration.
District at-
torney, etc., to
give certain
notice to chief
justice, etc.
Rules govern-
ing pro-
fessional
bondsmen.
Penalty for
unregistered
persons be-
coming bail or
surety for hire
or reward in
criminal cases,
etc.
Not appli-
cable to surety
companies or to
probation
officers.
bail or surety until he shall have been approved and registered
as a professional bondsman by the superior court or by a
justice thereof. Such approval and registration may be
revoked at any time by such court or a justice thereof, and
shall be revoked in case such a bondsman fails for thirty
days after demand to satisfy in full a judgment recovered
under section seventy-four or a new judgment entered on
review under section seventy-six. The district attorney or
prosecuting officer obtaining any such judgment which is
not satisfied in full as aforesaid shall, forthwith upon the
expiration of such period of thirty days, notify in writing
the chief justice of such court. All professional bondsmen
shall be governed by rules which shall be established from
time to time by the superior court. Any unregistered person
receiving hire or reward for his services as bail or surety in
any criminal case, and any unregistered person becoming
bail or surety in any criminal case after having become bail
or surety in criminal cases on more than three separate
occasions in any twelve months' period, and any person
herein defined as a professional bondsman violating any
provision of the rules established hereunder for such bonds-
men, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thou-
sand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year,
or both. The provisions of this section shall not apply to
surety companies or to probation officers.
Approved February 8, 1929.
Dukes county
may issue
temporary
notes for
certain pur-
pose, etc.
Chap. 31 An Act to enable the county of dukes county to
PAY PROMPTLY ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COST OF A
CERTAIN HIGHWAY IN THE TOWNS OF WEST TISBURY AND
CHILMARK.
Be it ejiacied, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of paying promptly the
contributions of Dukes county to the cost of construction of
a certain highway in the towns of West Tisbury and Chil-
mark, the county treasurer of said county, with the approval
of the commissioners, may issue temporary notes of the
county payable in not more than one year from their dates,
in anticipation of the issue of serial bonds or notes author-
ized by chapter one hundred and thirty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, but the time within
which such serial bonds or notes shall become due and pay-
able shall not, by reason of such temporary notes, be ex-
tended beyond the time fixed by said chapter. All notes
issued in anticipation of the issue of said serial bonds or
notes shall be paid from the proceeds thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 32.
29
Chaj). 32
An Act establishing the basis of apportionment of
STATE and county TAXES.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
great inconvenience in the collection of state and county p'"^^™'^'^.
taxes, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The number of polls, the amount of property and the Basis of
proportion of every thousand dollars of state tax, including of st°ateTnd^"'
polls at one tenth of a mill each, for each city and town in °°y'?V'^^^®®
the several counties of the commonwealth, as contained in
the following schedule, are hereby established, and shall con-
stitute a basis of apportionment for state and county taxes
until another is made and enacted by the general court, to
wit: —
Polls, Property and Apportionment of State and
County Tax of $1,000.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Tax of Sl.OOn,
Cities and Towns.
Polls.
Property.
including Polls
at one tenth
of a mill each.
Barnstable
2,034
$23,467,337
$2 81
Bourne .
1,080
9,922,961
1 21
Brewster
203
2,050,772
25
Chatham
623
5,575,276
68
Dennis .
618
3,522,044
45
Eastham
181
1,259,214
16
Falmouth
1,684
22,310,617
2 64
Harwich
691
5,568,226
69
Mashpee
106
1,034,162
13
Orleans .
408
3,972,431
48
Provincetown
990
4,997,797
65
Sandwich
504
2,819,718
36
Truro .
155
1,142,733
14
Wellfleet
265
1,586,448
20
Yarmouth
546
4,796,650
59
Totals
10,088
§94,026,386
$11 44
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Adams ....
3,427
$15,484,288
$2 06
Alford ....
75
394,098
05
Becket ....
263
885,669
12
Cheshire
493
1,880,269
26
Clarksburg
369
1,183,468
17
Dalton ....
1,181
7,756,178
98
30
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 32.
Basis of
apportionment
of state and
county taxes
established.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
— Concluded.
Tax of $1,000,
Cities and Towns.
Polls.
Property.
including Polls
at one tenth
of a mill each.
Egremont
157
$1,029,770
$0 13
Florida .
119
1,715,620
20
Great Barrington
1,899
12,966,124
1 63
Hancock
159
631,567
09
Hinsdale
355
1,135,319
16
Lanesborough
336
1,459,556
20
Lee
1,229
6,495,708
84
Lenox
849
7,145,945
88
Monterey
106
978,325
12
Mount Washington
21
230,734
03
New Ashford .
25
150,438
02
New Marlborough
297
1,744,620
22
North Adams .
6,449
33,355,200
4 35
Otis
154
586,448
08
Peru
48
408,930
05
Pittsfield
13,777
72,984,442
9 48
Richmond
184
865,613
11
Sandisfield
150
776,151
10
Savoy
119
332,055
05
Sheffield
509
1,648,977
23
Stockbridge
589
5,747,141
70
Tyringham
87
559,691
07
Washington .
63
194,811
03
West Stockbridge
362
1,406,882
19
Williamstown .
1,307
7,876,605
1 00
Windsor
114
514,899
07
Totals
35,272
$190,525,541
$24 67
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Acushnet
1,077
$4,388,375
$0 59
Attleboro
6,409
28,946,684
3 85
Berkley .
321
964,545
14
Dartmouth
2,607
12,853,921
1 69
Dighton
865
5,322,637
68
Easton .
1,657
6,917,930
93
Fairhaven
3,127
13,585,674
1 82
Fall River
34,370
163,328,392
21 56
Freetown
527
2,217,412
30
Mansfield
2,007
9,015,803
1 20
New Bedford .
35,255
201,174,032
25 85
North Attleborough
3,008
11,849,139
1 62
Norton .
782
2,879,433
40
Ravnham
587
2,135,293
30
Rehoboth
713
2,336,971
33
Seekonk
1,193
4,806,624
65
Somerset
1,424
13,210,795
1 61
Swansea
1,102
4,721,956
63
Taunton
10,908
45,634,820
6 16
Westport
1,252
6,764,836
88
Totals
109,191
$543,055,272
$71 19
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 32.
31
COUNTY OF DUKES COUNTY
Tax of $1,000,
Cities and Towns.
Polls.
T, i including Polls
Property. at one tenth
of a mill each.
Chilmark
85
1660,053
$0 08
Edgartown
399
5,040,861
60
Gay Head
55
124,885
02
Gosnold
62
1,408,574
16
Oak Bluffs
437
5,045,995
60
Tisbury .
425
6,126,477
72
West Tisbury
95
950,460
11
Totals
1,558
$19,357,305
$2 29
Basis of
apportionment
of state and
county taxes
established.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Amesbury
3,673
$14,304,198
$1 95
Andover
2,871
23,721,861
2 92
Beverly .
7,607
50,706,949
6 39
Boxford .
219
1,364,483
17
Danvers
3,237
13,784,078
1 85
Essex
506
1,654,738
23
Georgetown
589
2,046,335
29
Gloucester
7,359
40,398,928
5 22
Groveland
727
2,112,925
31
Hamilton
647
5,962,264
73
Haverhill
15,084
70,463,705
9 33
Ipswich .
1,890
8,409,531
1 12
Lawrence
22,804
148,467,176
18 76
Lynn
31,882
146,426,464
19 44
Lynnfield
466
3,400,232
42
Manchester
804
13,996,068
1 63
Marblehead
2,726
20,296,975
2 53
Merrimac
776
2,510,082
36
Methuen
5,747
24,417,746
3 28
Middleton
356
1,773,851
23
Nahant .
594
5,297,348
65
Newbury
505
2,533,197
33
Newburyport
4,764
14,880,597
2 13
North Andove
r
1,954
10,784,871
1 39
Peabody
6,165
27,697,801
3 69
Rockport
1,241
6,012,703
79
Rowley .
461
1,713,911
24
Salem
11,939
62,064,334
8 08
Salisbury
733
3,886,658
50
Saugus .
4,097
14,282,384
1 99
Swampscott
3,040
27,296,133
3 33
Topsfield
361
3,144,136
39
Wenham
368
3,770,626
46
West Newbury
408
1,294,283
18
Totals
146,600
$780,877,571
$101 31
32
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 32.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Basis of
apportionment
of state and
county taxes
established.
Tax of $1,000,
Cities and Towns.
Polls.
Property.
including Polls
at one tenth
of a mill each.
Ashfield ....
290
$1,496,842
$0 20
Bernardston
252
1,020,490
14
Buckland
490
3,466,090
43
Charlemont
286
1,322,292
18
Colrain .
465
1,913,431
26
Conway
279
1,012,413
14
Deerfield
803
5,554,770
70
Erving .
391
3,236,869
40
Gill
284
1,006,862
14
Greenfield
4,784
32,283,422
4 06
Hawley .
91
272,516
04
Heath .
99
502,075
07
Leverett
197
609,139
09
Leyden .
74
362,350
05
Monroe .
94
1,568,633
18
Montague
2,209
15,751,775
1 97
New Salem
168
663,932
09
Northfield
517
2,764,174
36
Orange .
1,779
6,622,058
91
Rowe
91
1,004,546
12
Shelburne
532
3,305,115
42
Shutesbury
61
473,526
06
Sunderland
291
1,619,560
21
Warwick
110
578,793
08
Wendell
112
1,195,650
14
Whately
293
1,591,435
21
Totals
15,042
$91,198,758
$11 65
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Agawam
1,917
$9,725,192
$1 27
Blandford
165
1,208,490
15
Brimfield
251
1,556,910
20
Chester .
473
1,703,239
24
Chicopee
11,342
61,536,646
7 96
East Longmeadow
918
3,864,516
52
Granville
220
819,823
11
Hampden
228
679,048
10
Holland .
43
257,817
03
Holyoke
16,527
130,375,708
16 12
Longmeadow .
1,138
11,171,449
1 35
Ludlow .
2,064
11,425,442
1 47
Monson .
1,169
4,206,353
58
Montgomery .
57
284,570
04
Palmer .
2,728
13,313,360
1 75
Russell .
389
5,298,001
63
Southwick
416
2,059,311
27
Springfield
43,048
337,864,716
41 80
Tolland .
47
397,693
05
Wales .
126
521,998
07
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 32.
33
HAMPDEN COUNTY — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Polls.
Property.
West Springfield
Westfield
Wilbraham
Totals
4,751
5,579
713
94,309
$32,362,950
25,330,478
3,863,081
Basis of
T. c <n nnn apportionment
TaxofSUOO of state and
including Polls county ta.xes
at one tenth established,
of a mill each.
$659,826,791
$4 07
3 37
50
$82 65
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Amherst
1,738
$12,367,358
$1 55
Belchertown
627
2,038,679
29
Chesterfield
155
605,446
08
Cummington
170
606,990
08
Easthampton
2,995
16,609,455
2 14
Enfield .
208
748,986
10
Goshen .
72
460,604
06
Granby .
272
1,218,154
16
Greenwich
97
573,855
07
Hadley .
669
3,510,672
46
Hatfield
673
3,456,228
45
Huntington
419
1,580,261
22
Middlefield
76
376,970
05
Northampton
Pelham .
6,023
160
34,514,926
819,914
4 43
11
Plainfield
90
457,611
06
Prescott
45
176,816
02
South Hadley
1,938
11,238,731
1 44
Southampton
260
978,628
13
Ware
2,178
8,537,227
1 17
Westhampton
119
426,959
06
Wilhamsburg
558
1,905,347
27
Worthington
146
708,424
09
Totals
19,688
$103,918,241
$13 49
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton ....
808
$3,814,865
$0 50
Arhngton
10,000
59,012,938
7 55
Ashby .
273
1,168,604
16
Ashland
749
2,893,520
40
Ayer
931
4,107,347
55
Bedford .
499
2,913,327
37
Belmont
5,731
37,341,787
4 72
Billerica
1,573
11,592,182
1 44
Boxborough
114
387,046
05
Burlington
499
2,468,517
32
Cambridge
84,512
206,194,438
26 33
34
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 32.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY —Concluded.
Basis of
apportionment
of state and
county taxes
established.
Tax of $1,000,
Cities and Towns.
Polls.
Property.
including Polls
at one tenth
of a mill each.
Carlisle ....
184
$911,918
$0 12
Chelmsford
2,031
9,981,876
1 31
Concord
1,960
9,686,586
1 27
Dracut .
1,691
5,624,763
79
Dunstable
121
533,599
07
Everett .
13,510
75,489,874
9 73
Framinghani
6,499
38,728,100
4 95
Groton .
736
5,002,440
63
Holliston
861
3,944,614
52
Hopkinton
792
3,043,276
42
Hudson .
2,558
8,963,073
1 25
Lexington
2,576
19,975,906
2 47
Lincoln .
495
2,963,768
38
Littleton
484
2,785,298
36
Lowell .
27,979
143,080,132
18 68
Maiden .
16,658
73,926,887
9 87
Marlborough
4,705
19,625,907
2 65
Maynard
2,321
8,270,961
1 15
Medford
16,447
77,329,390
10 23
Melrose .
6,591
37,287,609
4 80
Natick .
4,228
17,559,796
2 37
Newton .
17,213
160,555,304
19 54
North Reading
518
2,390,411
32
Pepperell
923
3,752,259
51
Reading
2,772
16,617,331
2 12
Sherborn
312
1,838,609
24
Shirley .
647
2,502,413
34
Somerville
30,955
127,799,943
17 28
Stoneham
2,859
13,600,617
1 80
Stow
379
1,824,333
24
Sudbury
388
3,059,278
38
Tewksbury
757
3,783,788
50
Townsend
600
2,555,085
34
Tyngsborough
318
1,234,653
17
Wakefield
4,849
24,703,006
3 23
Waltham
10,696
61,134,536
7 85
Watertown
9,754
58,127,777
7 43
Wayland
831
5,710,565
72
Westford
1,005
5,223,666
68
Weston .
1,150
9,143,341
1 13
Wilmington
1,075
4,085,053
56
Winchester
3,437
32,013,468
3 90
Wobum
5,605
22,679,665
3 08
Totals .
266,159
$1,460,945,445
$188 77
NANTUCKET COUNTY.
Nantucket
1,080
$11,666,982
$1 40
Totals .
1,0S0
$11,666,982
$1 40
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 32.
35
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Tax of 51,000,
Cities and Towns.
Polls.
Property.
including Polls
at one tenth
of a mill each.
Avon ....
727
$2,392,046
$0 34
Bellingham
828
3,038,522
42
Braintree
4,133
25,347,017
3 23
Brookline
12,530
173,055,685
20 46
Canton .
1,795
10,746,130
1 37
Cohasset
989
10,951,188
1 31
Dedham
3,901
26,543,480
3 34
Dover
336
4,108,978
49
Foxborough
1,331
6,435,698
85
Franklin
2,184
10,415,705
1 37
Holbrook
975
4,177,941
56
Medfield
736
3,357,896
45
Medway
895
3,664,681
50
MUlis .
563
3,536,714
45
Milton .
4,367
39,890,118
4 86
Needham
2,912
21,836,033
2 71
Norfolk .
350
1,904,380
25
Norwood
4,569
30,235,448
3 81
Plainville
462
1,859,175
25
Quincy .
20,330
140,099,818
17 58
Randolph
1,787
6,167,366
86
Sharon .
954
6,694.652
84
Stoughton
2,358
10,652,016
1 42
Walpole
2,054
16,733,317
2 06
Wellesley
2,503
34,538,663
4 08
Westwood
615
4,591,438
57
Weymouth
5,883
46,430,115
5 74
Wrentham
590
3,728,608
47
Totals
81,657
$653,132,828
$80 64
Basis of
apportionment
of state and
county taxes
established.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Abington
1,844
$7,378,490
$1 00
Bridgewater .
1,983
7,967,562
1 08
Brockton
19,911
85,417,652
11 47
Carver
438
3,192,422
40
Duxbury
596
7,085,239
85
East Bridgewater
1,110
6,206,316
80
Halifax .
206
1,590,943
20
Hanover
902
3,819,976
51
Hanson .
716
2,878,676
39
Hingham
1,8^
15,263,143
1 88
HuU
821
18,377,692
2 12
Kingston
853
4,564,860
59
Lakeville
426
1,688,927
23
Marion .
503
5,116,090
62
Marshfield
610
6,809,940
82
Mattapoisett .
518
3,909,532
49
Middleborough
2,665
10,108,376
1 39
Norwell .
496
2,152,561
29
Pembroke
488
2,969,650
38
Plymouth
4,059
32,292,001
3 99
Plymptoii
155
779,787
10
36
Acts, 1929. — (hap. 152.
Basis of
apportionment
of state and
county taxes
established.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY— Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Rochester
Rockland
Scituate
Wareham
West Bridgewater
Whitman
Totals
Polls.
Property.
Tax of 81,000,
including Polls
at one tenth
' of a mill each.
361
2,411
1,118
1,830
960
2.417
50,235
$1,579,217
10,047,594
13,260,270
13,472,409
3,315,327
9,560,858
$280,805,510
m 21
1 36
1 58
1 68
46
1 30
$36 19
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston .
Chelsea .
Revere .
Winthrop
Totals
238,116
13,335
9,392
4,973
265,816
2,123,538,723
66,464,677
42,907,105
26,449,010
$2,259,359,515
$259 47
8 71
5 70
3 43
$277 31
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Ashburnham
682
$2,019,123
$0 29
Athol .
; 3,071
12,810,273
1 73
Auburn .
1,710
6,329,197
87
Barre
982
4,679,391
62
Berlin
322
1,069,361
15
Blackstone
1,164
3,190,179
47
Bolton .
243
1,332,384
17
Boylston
309
875,047
13
Brookfield
385
1,707,466
23
Charlton
593
2,290,118
31
Clinton .
3,837
18,814,654
2 47
Dana
191
813,004
11
Douglas
630
2,216,255
31
Dudley .
1,159
5,237,334
70
East Brookfieh
i
311
1,230,752
17
Fitchburg
12,299
64,928,457
8 44
Gardner
5,559
29,417,975
3 82
Grafton .
1,677
5,520,280
78
Hardwick
808
3,706,077
49
Harvard
311
2,800,494
34
Holden .
JUr,078
"^ 956
3,875,695
54
Hopedale
6,424,923
81
Hubbardston
335
998,616
14
Lancaster
700
3,521,139
46
Leicester
1,210
4,644,888
64
Leominster
6,201
29,961,325
3 95
Lunenburg
550
2,546,980
34
Mendon
353
1,370,278
19
Milford .
4,299
16,383,807
2 25
Millbury
1,950
6,329,078
90
Millville
584
2,034,003
28
New Braintree
115
656,296
08
North Brookfield
803
3,344,677
45
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 32.
37
WORCESTER COUNTY
— Concluded.
Tax of $1,000,
Cities and Towns.
Polls.
Property.
including Polls
at one tenth
of a mill each.
Northborougli
573
$2,285,370
$0 31
Northbridge .
3,094
12,894,510
1 74
Oakham
176
564,667
08
Oxford .
1,246
3,961,204
56
Paxton .
192
1,061,104
14
Petersham
207
2,038,632
25
PhilHpston
113
482,870
06
Princeton
233
1,599,754
20
Royalston
209
1,332,621
17
Rutland
516
1,559,509
22
Shrewsbury
1,749
8,381,524
1 11
Southborough
668
3,989,581
51
Southbridge
4,229
15,851,447
2 18
Spencer .
1,969
4,869,225
74
SterHng .
469
2,057,123
28
Sturbridge
532
1,330,138
20
Sutton .
616
2,027,657
29
Templeton
1,065
3,924,525
54
Upton .
628
1,607,430
24
Uxbridge
1,746
9,051,244
1 18
Warren .
1,158
4,812,310
65
Webster
1,617
15,863,491
1 92
West Boylston
562
1,965,664
27
West Brookfield
406
1,741,926
23
Westborough .
1,287
4,735,926
65
Westminster .
426
1,586,481
22
Winchendon .
1,955
7,169,819
99
Worcester
57,121
376,004,610
47 44
Totals
140,139
$747,829,888
$97 00
Basis of
apportionment
of state and
county taxes
established.
RECAPITULATION.
Tax of $1,000,
Counties.
Polls.
Property.
including Polls
at one tenth
of a mill each.
Barnstable
10,088
$94,026,386
$11 44
Berkshire
35,272
190,525,541
24 67
Bristol .
109,191
543,055,272
71 19
Dukes .
1,558
19,357,305
2 29
Essex
146,600
780,877,571
101 31
Franklin
15,042
91,198,758
11 65
Hampden
94,309
659,826,791
82 65
Hampshire
19,688
103,918,241
13 49
Middlesex
266,159
1,460,945,445
188 77
Nantucket
1,080
11,666,982
1 40
Norfolk .
81,657
653,132,828
80 64
Plymouth
50,235
280,805,510
36 19
Suffolk .
265,816
2,259,359,515
277 31
Worcester
140,139
747,829,888
97 00
Totals
1,236,834
$7,896,526,033
$1,000 00
Recapitulation.
Approved February 12, 1929.
38
Acts, 1929. - (Jhaps. 33, 34.
Chap. 33 An Act relative to town landings and other common
PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER AND TOWN OF
ROCKPORT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. So much of the town landings and water
privileges, including clam flats, and all other real and personal
estate, which are common to the inhabitants of the city of
Gloucester and of the town of Rockport by reason of the
provisions of sections three and four of chapter eight of the
acts of eighteen hundred and forty, as is situated within the
limits of the said city or town shall after the effective date
hereof be owned exclusively by the municipality wherein
situated.
Section 2. Chapter three hundred and forty-seven of
the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and all other
acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of
the preceding section, are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the municipal council of the city of Gloucester
and also by vote of a majority of the registered voters of
the town of Rockport present and voting thereon at any
town meeting. If it is so submitted to the voters of said
town at an annual town meeting, the following question
shall be placed upon the oflacial ballot to be used for the
election of town officers at said meeting: "Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, entitled 'An Act relative to town landings and
other common property in the city of Gloucester and town
of Rockport', be accepted?"
Approved February 12, 1929.
Town landings
and other
common prop-
erty in city of
Gloucester and
town of Rock-
port to be
owned exclu-
sively by
municipality
wherein situ-
ated.
Certain
inconsistent
provisions
repealed.
Submission to
municipal
council of city
of Gloucester
and to voters
of town of
Rockport, etc.
G. L. 175, § 80,
etc., amended.
Chap. 34 An Act relative to the classification of risks of
mutual insurance COMPANIES OTHER THAN LIFE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of
the General Laws, as amended in section eighty by chapter
one hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one and by chapter one hundred and fifteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-sLx, is hereby further
amended by striking out the first paragraph of said section
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 80.
From time to time the directors of a mutual fire company
may by vote fix and determine the percentages of dividend
or expiration return of premium to be paid on expiring or
cancelled policies which may, in their discretion, and with
the written approval of the commissioner, and upon such
conditions, if any, as he may prescribe, be different for
policies insuring for the same term against the different kinds
of risks mentioned in the several provisions of the clause or
clauses of section forty-seven under which such a company
Mutual fire
insurance com-
panies, classi-
fication of
kinds of
business writ-
ten for purpose
of apportioning
dividends, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 34. 39
may (,ran>s;ici. business; and the percentage aforesaid for
fire policies insuring farm risks, fireproof risks, including
risks equipped with automatic sprinkler and fire alarm
systems, or manufacturing or storage risks may in like
manner be different from that for policies insuring other
risks against fire for the same term. Policies insuring risks
in this commonwealth in the same classification shall have
an equal rate of dividend or return of premium. If an
assessment is levied under section eighty-three the rate
thereof may be different for policies insuring risks in any
classification from that for policies insuring other classi-
fications of risks for the same term; but policies insuring
risks in the same classification shall have the same rate of
assessment, and all funds of the company, actual and con-
tingent, shall be available for the payment of any claim
against it. Every policy placed in any classification made
under this section shall, when issued, bear an endorsement,
satisfactory to the commissioner, to the effect that it is so
classified.
Section 2. Section one hundred and thirteen B of said PjigB^e^V
chapter one hundred and seventy-five, as inserted by section amend'od. '
four of chapter three hundred and forty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-five and as amended by chap-
ter one hundred and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-seven and by section sLx of chapter three
hundred and eightj^-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new paragraph : —
Every mutual company issuing or executing motor vehicle classification
liability policies or bonds, both as defined in said section c(fm™ani'e*s'of
thirty-four A, shall constitute such policies or bonds as a {|!fh(J-'t^®'^'''^®
separate class of business for the purpose of paying dividends, policies, etc.,
Any dividends on such policies or bonds shall be declared p°aVmg ditl-°^
on the profits of the company from said class of business. dends, etc.
Section 3. Section ninety of said chapter one hundred ^' ^' ^^^;j j h**
and seventy-five, as amended by section four of chapter one
hundred and fifty-four and by section sLx of chapter two
hundred and sixty-seven, both of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, and by section eleven of chapter two
hundred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the tenth line, the word "and" and inserting in place
thereof a comma, and by inserting after the words "ninety-
three D" in the same line the words: — and one hundred
and thirteen B, — so that the first paragraph will read as
follows: — Section 90. Mutual companies, other than life, Certain mutual
e 1 . , , 1 1 • 1 • 1 companies and
formed to transact or transactmg busmess under any one their officers,
or more of clauses three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ta^m^niT^
ten, twelve and thirteen of section forty-seven, or under fire company
clause (a), (6), (d) or (e) of section fifty-four, and the officers, ^'^^'
directors, agents and members of such companies shall,
except as provided in clause (e) of said section fifty-four
and in sections ninety A, ninety B, ninety-two, ninety-
40
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 35, 36.
three, ninety-three A, ninety-three B, ninety-three C, ninety-
three D and one hundred and thirteen B, be subject to all
the provisions of this chapter relating to mutual fire com-
panies and their officers, directors, agents and members, so
far as applicable. Approved February 12, 1929.
City of Boston
and town of
Milton may
reimburse
Thomas
Gordon for
money paid
by him in
satisfaction of
a certain
execution.
Chap. 35 An Act authorizing the city of boston and the town
OF MILTON TO REIMBURSE THOMAS GORDON FOR MONEY
PAID BY HIM IN SATISFACTION OF A CERTAIN EXECUTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation, the city of Boston and the town of Milton may
each pay to Thomas Gordon a sum not exceeding seven hun-
dred and forty-six dollars and fifteen cents to reimburse
him for money paid for expenses of defense of, and in satis-
faction of an execution issued in, an action brought against
him, as an individual, in the superior court for the county
of Suffolk, to recover damages for a certain act done in the
performance of his duties as an employee of the Granite
avenue bridge commission, created by the provisions of
section ten of chapter seven hundred and seventy-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and consisting of the
mayor of the city of Boston and the chairman of the select-
men of the town of Milton for the time being.
Section 2. This act shall take effect, in so far as it applies
to the city of Boston, upon its acceptance during the current
year by the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter, and, in so far as it applies to the town
of Milton, upon its acceptance during the current year by a
town meeting. If this act is so accepted by said town, it
may make an appropriation for the purposes hereof at the
same meeting when accepted.
Section 3. This act, however, for the purpose of sub-
mission for acceptance as aforesaid, shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved February 12, 1929.
Submission to
city council
of Boston and
to town of
Milton at town
meeting.
Effective
upon passage
for purpose of
submission.
Chap. 36 An Act relative to the appointment by town boards
of their members to hold other town offices or
positions.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in
part, defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
G. L. 41, new
section after
§4.
Town board
may appoint
any member
thereof to
another town
ofBce or
position.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter forty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section four the following new section : —
Section J^-A. Except as otherwise expressly provided, a
town board may, if authorized by vote of the town, appoint
any member thereof to another town office or position for
the term provided by law, if any, otherwise for a term not
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 37, 38. 41
exceeding one year. The salary of any such appointee shall fl^^J^' ^°^
be fixed by vote of the town, notwithstanding the provisions
of section one hundred and eight. In this section, the word 1^^,°^^^ ^?°* *°
"town" shall not include city.
Approved February 12, 1929.
An Act relative to amounts payable under annuity ni,„^ 07
CONTRACTS ISSUED BY SAVINGS AND INSURANCE BANKS. ^ '
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of the General g- ^- ,i^|' ^ ^o-
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section ten and ^"^^^
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 10. No Amount of
savings and insurance bank shall write any policy or annuity annuity "con-
contract binding it to pay more than one thousand dollars, tracts issued
exclusive of dividends or profits, upon the death of any one an/fnsuSnce
person, except for such amount, if any, as it may be bound ^-'^'^^s-
to pay upon the death of such person under an employees'
group policy, or under an annuity contract embodying an
agreement to refund, upon the death of the holder, to his
estate or to a specified payee, a sum not exceeding the
premiums paid thereon with compound interest, nor shall
it write any annuity contract otherwise binding it to pay
in any one year more than two hundred dollars, exclusive
of dividends or profits. Approved February 12, 1929.
An Act establishing a town manager form of govern- (Jhav 38
MENT FOR THE TOW^N OF ORANGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act, as here- Town of
inafter provided, the annual town meeting of the town of of'^anluai^*^
Orange shall be held on the first Monday in February. All estlbiShed."^
matters to be considered at said meeting, other than the adjournment,
election of town officers and votes on referenda, shall be ^ °'
considered on said day or at an adjournment of said meeting.
The election of officers and the votes on referenda shall be
held at an adjournment of the annual town meeting to be
held on the second Monday in February.
SELECTMEN, ELECTION, TERMS.
Section 2. At a special election which shall be held fieo^fonr"'
within thirty days after the acceptance of this act, the voters terms.
shall elect by official ballot five selectmen who shall hold
office, two until the expiration of three years, two until the
expiration of two years and one until the expiration of one
year, from the first Monday in February, nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine. At each annual meeting thereafter, be-
ginning with the year nineteen hundred and thirty, there
shall be elected in place of those selectmen whose terms are
about to expire an equal number of selectmen, each to serve
for three years. The selectmen shall serve until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified and shall receive no salary.
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Vacancies,
how filled.
Regular meetings of the selectmen shall be held twice each
month on such days and at such times as may be arranged
with the town manager. Special meetings of the selectmen
shall be held when called by the town manager or by the
chairman or a majority of the selectmen. If, except as the
result of a recall election, a vacancy occurs in the member-
ship of the selectmen, the remaining members shall call a
special town meeting to fill the vacancy or vacancies for the
unexpired term or terms, except that if a vacancy or vacancies
occur less than three months prior to the annual meeting,
and not less than three selectmen remain in office, the vacancy
or vacancies shall remain unfilled until such annual meeting.
A vacancy resulting from a recall election shall be filled as
hereinafter provided in this act.
Selectmen to
be lawful
successors of
certain town
officers, etc.
Transfer of
rights, etc.,
not to affect
any liability
incurred, etc.
Selectmen to
act as
board of
public welfare.
Election, etc.,
of school
committee not
affected.
Town clerk
and accountant,
appointment,
etc.
Powers, rights,
etc.
To be sworu.
SELECTMEN TO BE LAWFUL SUCCESSORS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
Section 3. Upon the election and qualification of the
selectmen as provided in section two, all the powers, rights,
duties and liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon the
offices of board of public welfare, board of health, cemetery
commissioners, water commissioners, tree warden and park
commissioners shall be transferred to and conferred and
imposed upon the selectmen, and the said offices shall be
abolished. The aforesaid transfer of rights, powers, duties
and liabilities shall not affect any liability incurred, contract
made, fine, special assessment, rate, penalty, forfeiture or
tax imposed before such transfer, nor any suit or other pro-
ceeding pending; and the selectmen elected thereunder
shall in all respects and for all purposes whatsoever be the
lawful successors of the said officers. Said selectmen shall
act as the board of public welfare of the town, with all the
powers and subject to all the duties conferred or imposed
by law upon the board of public welfare.
Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed as
affecting the election, powers and duties of the school com-
mittee as now provided by law, except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT.
Section 5. The selectmen first elected and qualified as
provided in section two shall forthwith appoint a suitably
qualified person to the office of town clerk and accountant.
The office of town clerk and the office of accountant shall
be continued until the person appointed to said office of
town clerk and accountant shall have qualified, at which
time the office of town clerk and the office of town account-
ant shall be abolished. The town clerk and accountant shall
enjoy all the powers and rights and be subject to all the
duties and liabilities now or hereafter conferred or imposed
by law upon town clerks and upon town accountants. He
shall hold office during the pleasure of the selectmen, and
shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties
by the chairman of the selectmen or by a justice of the peace.
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In case of death, resignation or removal from office of the vacancy,
town clerk and accountant, the selectmen shall forthwith
appoint a suitably qualified person to fill the vacancy.
TOWN MANAGER, APPOINTMENT.
Section 6. The selectmen first elected and qualified as Town manager,
provided in section two, as soon as is practicable, shall ap- ^pp"'"*"^*""*,
point a town manager for a period not exceeding one year
who shall be the administrative head of all departments of
the town government, the conduct of which is by the general
laws and by this act placed upon the selectmen, except as
otherwise provided in this act. The town manager shall be
subject to the direction and supervision of the selectmen,
and shall be a person specially fitted by education, train-
ing or experience to perform the duties of his office. He
shall be appointed without regard to his political belief and
he may or may not be, when appointed, a resident of the
town or commonwealth. His approval of vouchers for
obligations incurred by any department of which he has
supervision shall be sufficient authority, with the approval
of the selectmen, to authorize pajonent by the town treas-
urer and collector of taxes upon the warrant of the town
clerk and accountant. His appointment may be extended
from year to year, indefinitely, at the will of the selectmen.
He shall be responsible for the efficient administration of
all departments within the scope of his duties. Before To be swom,
entering upon the duties of his office, the town manager ^**''
shall be sworn to the faithful and impartial performance
thereof by the town clerk, and accountant or in his absence,
a justice of the peace, and a certificate thereof shall be filed
with the town clerk and accountant. He shall execute a Bond.
bond in favor of the town for the faithful performance of his
duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as may
be fixed or approved by the selectmen and the expense of
procuring such bond shall be paid by the town.
POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 7. The powers and duties of the town manager Powers and
-------'--- ° duties of ■^'•■
manager.
shallinclude the following: °" '^"t^^^ °f *«-''
(a) To organize, continue or discontinue, from time to
time, such divisions or departments, not inconsistent with
the provisions of this act, as may be determined by vote
of the selectmen.
(b) To appoint upon merit and fitness alone, and except
as otherwise provided herein, to remove all superintendents
or chiefs of the said departments and all subordinate officers
and employees therein and to fix the salaries and wages of
all subordinates and employees except as otherwise pro-
vided. The superintendents or chiefs of departments shall
not be removed by the town manager, except after five
days' notice in writing, which notice shall state the cause of
the removal.
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dTiToftowii (^) l^xcept as otherwise provided herein, to exercise control
manager. of all departments or divisions now established, or that may
hereafter be established, and made subject to his supervision.
(d) To attend all regular meetings of the selectmen when
requested by them, and to recommend to the selectmen for
adoption such measures requiring action by them or by the
town as he may deem necessary or expedient.
(e) To keep full and complete records of his office, and to
render as often as may be required by the selectmen a full
report of all operations during the period reported on; and
annually, or oftener if required by the selectmen, to make
a synopsis of all the reports for publication.
(f) To keep the selectmen fully advised as to the needs
of the town within the scope of his duties, and to furnish
the selectmen on or before the thirty-first day of December
of each year a detailed list of the appropriations required
during the next ensuing fiscal year for the proper conduct
of all departments of the town under his control.
(g) To keep in repair all public buildings except school
buildings, which he shall repair only on request in writing
of the school committee.
(h) To purchase all supplies for every department of the
town, except books for the schools or the pubhc library;
but purchases of supplies for departments over which he
has no control shall be made only upon requisition therefor
by them or their authorized representative.
(i) To have control and supervision of the police depart-
ment of the town, subject, however, to the direction of
the selectmen. The appointment and removal of the chief
or head of the police department shall not be subject to the
civil service laws of the commonwealth but shall be made
in accordance with the provisions of this act.
(j) To administer the poor relief of the town either
directly or through a person or persons appointed by him,
and under the supervision of the selectmen as the board of
public welfare.
(k) To appoint a health officer, who shall be a registered
physician holding the degree of doctor of medicine from a
"Class A" medical school, and holding a diploma in pubHc
health administration from a recognized medical or technical
institution or having an equivalent qualification by training
or experience in public health administration. He shall
hold office for such term, not exceeding three years, as the
selectmen may prescribe and shall receive such fixed com-
pensations as they shall determine. The health ofl&cer
may also serve as school physician. He shall have charge
of the health department and shall exercise all the powers
and perform the duties imposed upon health officers in towns
by law and by the by-laws of the town. With the approval
of the town manager, the health officer shall appoint and
fix the salary of his subordinates.
(1) To perform such other duties as may be required of
him by the by-laws of the town or by vote of the selectmen.
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EXAMINATION OF DEPARTMENTS.
Section 8. The town manager may, without notice, Examination
cause the affairs of any division or department under his by'lXr™^"'^^
control or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof to m'^nager.
be examined. He shall have access to all town books and
papers for information necessary for the proper performance
of his duties.
TOWN MANAGER MAY BE REMOVED FOR CAUSE.
Section 9. The selectmen, by a majority vote, may re- Removal of
move the town manager by filing a written statement with for^aJTse"^^"'
the town clerk and accountant setting forth in detail the
specific reasons for his removal, a cop3^ of which statement
shall be delivered to the town manager. Such removal shall
not take effect until after the expiration of five days from the
filing of the said statement with the town clerk and account-
ant ; but if it is so recited in the statement the town manager
shall be suspended from office forthwith. If the town Public hearing
manager so requests within said five-day period, a public '^^°" request,
hearing shall be given him by the selectmen, and in such
event the removal of the town manager shall not take effect
until a written decision following the hearing shall have
been filed with the town clerk and accountant. Such
decision made by a majority of the selectmen shall be final.
vacancy.
Section 10. Any vacancy in the office of town manager vacancy in
office of f
manager.
shall be filled forthwith by the selectmen. Pending the ""^'''""°""
appointment of a town manager or the filling of a vacancy,
the selectmen may appoint a person to perform temporarily
the duties of the office who shall be sworn to the faithful
performance thereof.
estimate of expenditure.
Section 11. On or before the thirty-first day of De- Town manage:
cember of each year, the town manager shall submit to the estimate of
selectmen a careful, detailed estimate in writing of the expenditures
. ' CI '1'"^' income.
probable expenditures oi the town government tor the en-
suing fiscal year, stating the amount required to meet the
interest and maturing bonds and notes or other outstanding
indebtedness of the town, and showing specifically the
amount necessary to be provided for each fund and depart-
ment. He shall also submit at the same time an estimate
in writing of the amount of income from all sources of
revenue, exclusive of taxes upon property, and of the prob-
able amount required to be levied and raised by taxation to
defray all expenses and liabilities of the town. For the Boards, officers,
purpose of enabling the town manager to make up the fnfo'rmati'on!^''
annual estimate of expenditures, all boards, officers and
committees of the town shall, upon his written request,
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furnish all information in their possession and submit to him
in writing a detailed estimate of the appropriations required
for the efficient and proper conduct of their respective de-
partments during the next fiscal year.
Finance com-
mission to con-
sider articles
in warrant.
Annual report
of selectmen.
ANNUAL REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
Section 12. All articles in the warrants for the annual
and special town meetings requiring the appropriation of
money shall be considered by the finance commission, which
shall report thereon in writing to the selectmen, with its
recommendations. The selectmen shall make a report in
writing to the annual town meeting, which shall include the
report of the finance commission made as aforesaid and shall
be pubhshed as a part of the annual town report, making
such recommendations regarding the finances of the town
and action thereon as they deem proper.
Investigations
relative to
certain pay
rolls, hills, etc.
Employment
of experts, etc.
DUTIES RELATIVE TO CERTAIN PAY ROLLS, BILLS.
Section 13. Whenever any pay roll, bill or other claim
against the town is presented to the town manager, town
clerk and accountant, town treasurer and collector of taxes,
library trustees or school committee, he or they shall, if
the same seems to him or them to be of doubtful validity,
excessive in amount, or otherwise contrary to the interests
of the town, refer it to the selectmen who shall immediately
investigate the facts and determine what payment, if any,
should be made. Pending such investigation and determina-
tion by said selectmen payment shall be withheld.
Section 14. For the purpose of making investigations,
the selectmen may employ such experts, counsel and other
assistants, and incur such other expenses, not exceeding in
any year the sum of five hundred dollars, or such additional
sum as may be appropriated for the purpose by the town, as
they may deem necessary, and the same shall be paid by the
town treasurer and collector of taxes upon requisition by
the selectmen.
Treasurer and
collector of
taxes, ap-
pointment, etc.
Assessors,
appointment,
terms of
office, etc.
town treasurer and collector of taxes.
Section 15. A treasurer and collector of taxes shall be
appointed by the town manager and shall continue in office
subject to his pleasure. The office of town treasurer and the
office of town collector of taxes shall be continued until the
person appointed to said office of treasurer and collector of
taxes shall have qualified, at which time the office of town
treasurer and the office of town collector of taxes shall be
abolished.
assessors, appointment, terms.
Section 16. The town manager shall forthwith appoint
three suitable persons as assessors, who shall hold no elective
office in the town of Orange, and who, upon their appoint-
ment and qualification, shall organize for the proper conduct
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of their duties. One of said persons shall be appointed for
a term of one j^ear, one for a term of two years, and one for
a term of three years, and annually thereafter there shall be
appointed by the town manager, an assessor for a term of
three years, in the place of the assessor whose term is about
to expire. The assessors shall serve until their successors
are appointed and qualified. If for any reason a vacancy Vacancies.
occurs in the membership of the assessors, the vacancy shall
be filled forthwith by the town manager, in like manner, for
the unexpired term. Upon the appointment and qualifica-
tion of the said assessors, the existing elective offices of
assessors of the town shall terminate. The assessors ap- Powers, rights,
pointed hereunder shall possess all the powers and rights, **"•
and be subject to all the duties and liabilities conferred or
imposed by law upon assessors of towns. Before entering To be sworn,
upon the duties of their office, the assessors shall be sworn
to the faithful and impartial performance thereof in com-
pliance with the provisions of section twenty-nine of chapter
forty-one of the General Laws.
FIRE UEPARTxMENT CHIEF.
Section 17. The town manager shall appoint a chief of *f^^^,
the fire department, who shall also act as superintendent of chferip-
buildings and wires, and shall receive such salary as the sa"kry™etc.'
manager may from time to time determine. He shall be
exempt from jury duty and shall hold no other town office
except that of forest warden. He may be removed for Removal,
cause by the town manager after a hearing. A vacancy in vacancy.
the office shall be filled by appointment by the manager.
The chief shall have the powers and duties conferred or Powers and
imposed by statute upon fire engineers in towns, and by and " '^^' ®*'^'
with the consent of the manager, he shall appoint a deputy
chief and may appoint such other officers and firemen as
may be deemed necessary and, with the consent of the
manager may remove the same at any time for good and
sufficient reason, after a hearing.
He shall have full and absolute authority in the adminis- 0"^'^'''^'^°+'*-^'
tration of the department, and when, in his opinion, it is for ment, etc.
the best interests of the department, he may suspend or
transfer any officer or member thereof.
He shall have sole command of ail persons who may be soie command
present at fires, shall direct all proper measures for the ^* ^'''^^' ^''^
extinguishment of fire, the protection of fife and property,
and the preservation of order and observance of the laws, by-
laws and regulations respecting fires. In his absence the Deputy chief.
deputy chief shall perform the duties of the chief with full
power.
The chief may make such rules and regulations for the Ruif ^nd
•^ ,",.... c 1 regulations tor
prevention of fire, the government and discipline 01 the fire prevention,
department, and the preservation of order in time of fire, ^^'^
as he may deem expedient provided that they are not in-
consistent with the laws of the commonwealth.
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Library
trustees,
appointment,
terms, etc.
Vacancy.
LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
Section 18. The selectmen first elected and qualified as
provided in section two shall forthwith appoint six library
trustees, two of whom shall be appointed for the term of
three years, two for the term of two years, and two for the
term of one year, from the first day of March in that year
and annually thereafter, in February, the selectmen shall
appoint in place of those trustees whose terms expire, two
trustees to serve for the term of three years from the follow-
ing first day of March. A vacancj^ in the board of trustees
shall be filled by appointment by the selectmen for the
residue of the term.
Planning
board,
appointment,
terms, etc.
Vacancy.
Duties.
Submission to
planning board
of acts af-
fecting town
plan, etc.
Annual report
to selectmen,
etc.
PLANNING BOARD.
Section 19. The selectmen first elected and qualified as
provided in section two shall forthwith appoint a planning
board consisting of five persons, one of whom shall be ap-
pointed for the term of five years, one for the term of four
years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of
two years and one for the term of one year from the first day
of March in that year; and annually thereafter the select-
men shall, in February, appoint one member of said board
for the term of five years from the following first day of
March. A vacancy in the board shall be filled by appoint-
ment for the residue of the term.
Section 20. It shall be the duty of the planning board
to keep itself informed of the progress of town planning in
this and other sections of the country, make studies and
recommendations for the improvement of the plan of the
town with a view to the present and future movement of
traffic, the general convenience, amenity, health, recreation
and welfare, and any needs of the town dependent on the
town plan; to consider and report upon the designs, and
their relation to the town plan, of all new public ways, lands,
places, buildings, bridges and other public structures, and of
additions to and alterations in those already existing, and of
the layout or plotting of new subdivisions of the town.
Section 21. All acts of the selectmen or of any other
board or officer of the town government affecting the town
plan shall be submitted to the planning board for report
and recommendations. The selectmen may at any time
call upon the board for report with recommendations. The
board of its own volition may also report to the selectmen,
or to the annual town meeting, on any matter which in its
opinion affects the plan of the town. Any matter referred
by the selectmen to the board shall be acted upon within
such time as may be designated by the selectmen in their
order of reference. The planning board shall submit to the
selectmen an annual report summarizing its activities for the
fiscal year.
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CONSTABLES.
Section 22. The selectmen first elected and qualified ^°'o[n[^*^|,'jt
as provided in section two shall forthwith appoint two con- terms, etc.
stables, each for the term of one year from the following
first day of March and annually thereafter in February, the
selectmen shall appoint two constables, each for the term
of one year from the following first day of March ; and may,
at any time, appoint so many additional constables as, in
their opinion, may be necessary, who shall hold office during
the pleasure of the selectmen.
FINANCE COMMISSION, ELECTION, TERMS, ETC.
Section 23. At the special election to be held within Finance
thirty days after the acceptance of this act as provided in ei'e™tk)n!"'"'
section two, the voters of the town shall elect by official terms, etc.
ballot from among their number five persons who shall serve
and be known as the finance commission and shall hold
office, one until the expiration of five years, one until the
expiration of four years, one until the expiration of three
years, one until the expiration of two years and one until
the expiration of one year, from the first Monday in Feb-
ruary, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine. Thereafter,
beginning with the year nineteen hundred and thirty, one
member of such commission shall be elected annually at
the annual meeting to serve for five years therefrom. The No salary.
members of the finance ' commission shall serve until their
successors are elected and qualified and shall not receive
any salary. During the term for which they are chosen they ineligible to
shall be ineligible, either by appointment or by election, to office!""^ °*^''^'^
any town office other than that for which they have been
chosen, nor shall they, during any such term, hold any such
other office. They shall be sworn to the faithful performance To be sworn.
of their duties by the moderator, the town clerk and account-
ant, or by a justice of the peace.
VACANCY.
•
Section 24. If for any reason whatsoever a vacancy vacancy in
occurs in the finance commission, it shall be the duty of the commfssion.
remaining member or members forthwith to give notice
thereof to the selectmen. The selectmen shall, within five
days thereafter, call a special town election to fill the vacancy
or vacancies for the unexpired term or terms, respectively.
Any vacancy or vacancies occurring in the finance commis-
sion less than three months prior to any town election shall
remain unfilled until the date of such election.
HOLDER OF AN ELECTIVE OFFICE MAY BE RECALLED.
Section 25. Any holder of an elective office may be Recaii of
recalled therefrom by the qualified voters of the town as ^iec*tive°office.
herein provided.
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Recall petition,
preparation,
filing.
Record book,
entry of
petition, etc.
RegibtraiH i
voters to
certify sig-
natures.
RECALL PETITION, PREPARATION, FILING,
Section 26. Any qualified voter of the town may file
with the town clerk and accountant an affidavit containing
the name of the officer sought to be recalled and a statement
of the grounds for recall. The town clerk and accountant
shall thereupon deliver to the voter making the affidavit
copies of petition blanks demanding such recall, printed forms
of which he shall keep on hand. The blanks shall be issued
by the town clerk and accountant with his signature and
official seal attached thereto. They shall be dated, shall be
addressed to the selectmen, and shall contain the name of
the person to whom they are issued, the name of the person
whose recall is sought, the grounds of recall as stated in
the affidavit, and shall demand the election of a successor
in the said office. A copy of the petition shall be entered
in a record book to be kept in the office of the town clerk and
accountant. The recall petition shall be returned and filed
with the town clerk and accountant within twenty days after
the filing of the affidavit, and must also have been signed
by at least one hundred registered voters of the town, who
shall add to their signatures the street and number, if any,
of their residences. The recall petition shall be submitted,
at or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the Saturday
preceding the day on which it must be filed, to the registrars
of voters in the town, and the registrars shall forthwith
certify thereon the number of signatures which are names of
registered voters of the town.
Removal and
election.
Proviso.
Nomination
candidates.
REMOVAL AND ELECTION.
Section 27. If the petition shall be found and certified
by the town clerk and accountant to be sufficient, he shall
submit the same with his certificate to the selectmen with-
out delay, and the selectmen shall forthwith give written
notice of the receipt of the certificate to the officer sought
to be recalled, and shall, if the officer does not resign within
five days thereafter, thereupon order an election to be held
on a Tuesday fixed *by them not less than twenty-five nor
more than thirty-five days after the date of the town clerk
and accountant's certificate that a suflBcient petition is
filed; provided however, that if any other town election is
to occur within sixty days after the date of the certificate,
the selectmen may, in their discretion postpone the holding
of the recall election to the date of such other election. If a
vacancy occurs in said office after a recall election has been
ordered, the election shall nevertheless proceed as provided
in this section.
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.
Section 28. The question of recalling any number of
officers may be submitted at the same election. But as to
each officer whose recall is sought, there shall be a separate
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ballot. The nomination of candidates to succeed an officer
whose recall is sought, the publication of the warrant for the
recall election and the conduct of such election shall all be
in accordance with the provisions of law relating to elections.
Section 29. Ballots used in a recall election shall sub- Propositions on
mit the following propositions in the order indicated: — re^caii Election
For the recall of (name of officer).
Against the recall of (name of officer).
Immediately at the right of each proposition there shall
be a square in which the voter, by making a cross mark (X)
may vote for either of the said propositions. Under the
proposition shall appear the word "Candidates" and the
direction ''Vote for one," and beneath this the names of
candidates nominated as hereinbefore provided. The bal- Fonn of
lots used in a recall election shall be substantially in the fol-
lowing form : —
Recall Election.
(Month and day of month, and year)
For the recall of (name in full) , . . . .
Against the recall of (name in full),.
Candidates
Vote for one
(Name of candidate)
Section 30. If a majority of the votes cast on the ques- officer to
tion of recalling an officer shall be against his recall, he shall office?wh'en.
continue in office but subject to recall as before. If a etc.
majority of such votes be for the recall of the officer desig-
nated on the ballot, he shall, regardless of any defects in
the recall petition be deemed removed from office. When an
officer is recalled from office, the candidate to succeed the
officer recalled who received the highest vote shall be de-
clared elected to fill the unexpired term.
Section 31. If an officer in regard to whom a sufficient ^^®''4°-o„ ^f
recall petition is filed resigns within five days after notice officer named
thereof, the election shall be held as hereinbefore provided, petition.
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Acts, 1929. — Chap. 38.
Time of
filing recall
petition.
except, that the title of the ballot shall be "town election,"
that the proposition in regard to the recall shall be omitted
from the ballot, and that above the names of the candidates
there shall appear on the ballot the words "Candidates to
succeed (name of officer), resigned."
Section 32, No recall petition shall be filed against an
officer within three months after he takes office, nor in case
of an officer subjected to a recall election and not recalled
thereby, until at least three months after that election.
Persons recalled
not to be ap-
pointed to any
town office
within two
years.
Salaries.
PERSONS RECALLED NOT TO BE APPOINTED TO ANY TOWN
OFFICE WITHIN TWO YEARS.
Section 33. No person who has been recalled from an
office, or who has resigned from an office while recall pro-
ceedings were pending against him, shall be appointed to any
town office within two years after such recall or such resig-
nation.
SALARIES.
Section 34. The town clerk and accountant, treasurer
and collector, assessors and town manager shall receive such
compensation for their services as the selectmen shall de-
termine, but not exceeding the amounts appropriated there-
for by the town. Members of the finance commission, school
committee, library trustees and planning board shall receive
no salary or compensation.
Certain town
officers not to
make contracts
with the town.
Penalties.
certain town officers not to MAKE CONTRACTS WITH
THE TOWN.
Section 35. It shall be unlawful for any selectman, the
town manager, any member of the school committee, any
library trustee, or any other elective or appointive official,
except as otherwise provided by law or in this act, directly
or indirectly to make a contract with the town, or to receive
any commission, discount, bonus, gift, contribution or re-
ward from, or any share in the profits of, any person or
corporation making or performing such a contract, unless
the official concerned, immediately upon learning of the
existence of such contract, or that such a contract is pro-
posed, shall notify the selectmen in writing of the contract
and of the nature of his interest therein and shall abstain
from doing any official act on behalf of the town in reference
thereto. In case such interest exists on the part of an
officer whose duty it is to make a contract on behalf of the
town, the contract may be made by another officer or person
of the town, duly authorized thereto by vote of the select-
men. Violation of any provision of this section shall render
the contract in respect to which such violation occurs void-
able at the option of the town. Any person violating any
provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not
more than one year, or both.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 38. 53
Section 36. This act shall be submitted to the voters of ^^t^e^y'^t^^^ext
the town of Orange for acceptance at the next annual elec- annual elec-
tion. The town clerk shall, before said election, transmit, '°"' ® '^'
by mail or otherwise, to every registered voter in said town a
copy of this act. The vote shall be taken by ballot in answer
to the following question which shall be printed on the
official ballot to be used at said election for the election of
town officers: "Shall an act passed by the general court in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, entitled, 'An
Act estabhshing a town manager form of government for
the town of Orange,' be accepted?" If this act shall be
accepted by a majority of the voters voting thereon, it
shall take effect for the special election to be held within thirty
days after the acceptance of this act as provided in section
two, for all things that pertain to said election and shall go
into full force and effect upon the election of the selectmen
and other town officials at said special election as herein
provided; except that the appointees of the officials and
boards whose offices shall be aboUshed and consolidated,
then in the service of the town shall continue to draw com-
pensation at the same rate and exercise like powers, authority
and jurisdiction as theretofore, until other provision is made.
The terms of office of all elective and appointive officers then
in office shall terminate upon the qualification of their suc-
cessors elected or appointed under the provisions of this
act.
DUTIES OF CERTAIN TOWN OFFICIALS RELATIVE TO ELEC-
TION, ETC.
Section 37. It shall be the duty of the selectmen, the Duties of
town clerk, and any other town official upon whom by reason offictafs as"to
of his office a duty devolves by the provisions of this act, election, etc.
and who is in office when this act is accepted as herein pro-
vided, to comply with all the requirements of this act re-
lating to elections, to the end that all things may be done
necessary for the nomination and election of the officers
first to be elected under this act.
BY-LAWS, RULES, ETC.
Section 38. All laws, by-laws, rules and regulations in By-iaws, rules.
force in the town of Orange when this act takes effect, not
inconsistent with its provisions, whether enacted by au-
thority of the town or any other authority, shall continue
in full force and effect until otherwise provided by law, by-
law, or vote; all other laws, by-laws, rules and regulations,
so far as they refer to the town of Orange, are hereby repealed
and annulled, but such repeal shall not revive any pre-
existing enactment.
Section 39. So much of this act as authorizes the sub-
mission of the question of its acceptance to the registered
voters of said town and section thirty-seven shall take effect
upon its passage.
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Acts, 1929. - Chap. 89.
Revocation of
acceptance.
When act
becomes null
and void.
REVOCATION OF ACCEPTANCE.
Section 40. At any time after the expiration of four
years and within six years from the date on which this act
is accepted, and not less than ninety days before the date
of any annual meeting, a petition signed by not less than
fifteen per cent of the registered voters of the town may be
filed with the selectmen requesting that the question of
revoking the acceptance of this act be submitted to the
voters. Thereupon the selectmen shall call a town meet-
ing to be held not later than forty-five days after the filing
of the petition, but not between the first day of June and the
first Tuesday of September, both dates inclusive. At such
meeting, the vote shall be taken by official ballot in answer
to the following question which shall be printed thereon:
"Shall the acceptance of the town of Orange of an Act passed
by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, entitled: "An Act establishing a town manager
form of government for the town of Orange,' be revoked?"
If such revocation is favored by a majority of the voters
voting thereon by ballot, the acceptance of this act shall be
revoked from and after the date of the annual town meeting
next following such vote. The said revocation shall not
affect any contract then existing or any action at law or suit
in equity or other proceeding then pending. If the ac-
ceptance shall be revoked as aforesaid, this act shall become
null and void, and thereafter all general laws relative to town
government and town officers shall apply to the town of
Orange and any special laws relative to said town which
are repealed by this act shall be revived by such revocation.
By-laws in force when the said revocation takes effect, so
far as they are consistent with general laws respecting town
government and town officers and with said special laws,
shall not be affected thereby.
Approved February 13, 1929.
Chap. 39 An Act relative to the repeal or modification of
ZONING BY-LAWS IN TOWNS.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
G. L. 40, § 30,
etc., amended.
modification of
ordinances or
by-laws limit-
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter forty of the General Laws, as amended in section
thirty by chapter forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two and by chapters fifty-nine and two hundred and
sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section thirty
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section SO.
No ordinance or by-law enacted under section twenty-five
shall be repealed or modified except after reasonable notice
AcTb, 1929. Chap. 40. 55
of the proposed repeal or modification and an opportunity ing particular
to the objectors to be heard thereon, and, in a town, noti- buiTdfngsto
fication as provided by law of a town meeting duly called tJ^cti^o^ "^'^
in pursuance of a warrant warning that such proposed repeal zones in cities
or modification is to be acted upon thereat shall be sufficient ^^'^ towns.
notice for the purposes hereof. In a city, such a hearing
shall be before the city council or any committee designated
or appointed for the purpose by the city council. If in a
city any owner of real estate which would be affected by the
proposed repeal or modification objects thereto by a writing
filed with the city clerk, the ordinance shall not be repealed
or modified except by a unanimous vote of all the members
of a city council of less than nine members or by a three
fourths vote of all the members of a city council of nine or
more members; and in no case shall such an ordinance be
repealed or modified except by a two thirds vote of all the
members of the city council. If in a town any person shall,
prior to the day named in the warrant for the town meeting
at which such proposed repeal or modification is to be acted
upon, file with the town clerk his objections thereto in writ-
ing, together with his name and address, the town clerk shall
give notice of such fact to the town meeting which shall not
act on such proposed repeal or modification until it has re-
ferred the objections to a committee thereof to hear the
objecting party and report to said meeting or an adjourn-
ment thereof or has referred the same to the town planning
board for such purpose and has received a report made in
pursuance of such reference after giving the objector an
opportunity to be heard. If no objections are filed as afore-
said the meeting may consider and act upon the proposed
repeal or modification without further notice. In no case
shall such a by-law be repealed or modified except by a two
thirds vote of a town meeting.
Approved February 15, 1929.
An Act relative to the local taxation of yachts and (Jjiav, 40
CERTAIN OTHER WATER CRAFT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eighteen of chapter fifty-nine of the g. l. 59, § is.
General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter three ^*° ' ^"^^''^^e^
hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, by chapter sixty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five and by section two of chapter
one hundred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out clauses first, sixth and seventh and inserting in
place thereof the following: — First, All tangible personal Tangible
property, including that of persons not inhabitants of the prop°erty,
commonwealth, except ships and vessels used in or designed Assessed,
for use in carrying trade or commercial fishing, shall, unless
exempted by section five, be taxed to the owner in the town
where itissituated on April first.
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Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 41, 42, 4.3.
Tangible per-
sonal property
of partnerships,
where
assessed.
Certain ships,
etc., owned
by partner-
ships, where
assessed.
Effective date.
Sixth, Partners, whether residing in the same or different
towns, shall be jointly taxed under their firm name, for all
tangible personal property belonging to the partnership,
except ships and vessels used in or designed for use in carry-
ing trade or commercial fishing, in the place where such
property is situated. Each partner shall be liable for the
whole tax.
Seventh, Ships or vessels, other than yachts and other
pleasure craft, owned by a partnership, shall be assessed to
the several partners in their places of residence, if within
the commonwealth, proportionally to their interests therein;
but the interests of the several partners residing without the
commonwealth shall be assessed to the partnership in the
place where its business is carried on.
Section 2. This act shall take effect as of the thirty-
first day of March in the current year.-
Approved February 15, 1929.
Chav. 41 An Act repealing the law providing that the general
COURT SHALL HOLD NO SESSION FOR THE TRANSACTION OF
ORDINARY BUSINESS ON A LEGAL HOLIDAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
r^'kied^^' Section twenty-five of chapter three of the General Laws
is hereby repealed. Approved February 15, 1929.
Chart. 42 An Act relative to the disposition of unclaimed ac-
counts CARRIED on the BOOKS OF CERTAIN COUNTY
officers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter thirty-five of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section twenty-three the following new
section: — Section 23 A. County officers holding funds un-
claimed after two years from the time of receipt thereof and
not otherwise subject to statutory disposition shall pay
over such funds to their county treasury for the use of the
county; provided, that any person or persons establishing
a lawful claim thereto before the county commissioners
within six years of such payment over may receive satis-
faction thereof from any available funds in the county
treasury. Approved February 15, 1929.
G. L. 3.5, new
section after
§ 23.
Disposition of
unclaimed
accounts
carried on the
books of
certain county
officers.
Proviso.
Chap. 43 An Act permitting the parking of motor vehicles
WITHOUT display OF LIGHTS IN CERTAIN CASES.
G. L. 90, § 7,
etc., amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seven of chapter ninety of the General Laws, as
most recently amended by section one of chapter three
hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "direction" in the forty-third line the words:
— ; provided, that an automobile need display no light
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 43. 57
when parked within the hmits of a way in a space in which
unlighted parking is permitted by the rules or regulations
of the board or officer having control of such way, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 7. Every motor vehicle Brakes on
operated in or upon any way shall be provided with brakes ""^ °^ ^^ ''^ ^^'
adequate to control the movement of such vehicle and
conforming to rules and regulations made by the registrar,
and such brakes shall at all times be maintained in good
working order. Every automobile shall be provided with
at least two braking systems, each with a separate means of
application, each operating directly or indirectly on at least
two wheels and each of which shall suffice alone to stop said
automobile within a proper distance as defined in said
rules and regulations; provided, that if said systems are Proviso.
connected, combined or have any part in common, such
systems shall be so constructed that a breaking of any one
element thereof will not leave the automobile without
brakes acting directly or indirectly on at least two wheels.
One braking system shall be so constructed that it can be
set to hold the automobile stationary. Every motor cycle
shall be provided with at least one brake adequate to stop
it within a proper distance as defined as aforesaid. Every other equip-
motor vehicle so operated shall be provided with a muffler '"®"*'
or other suitable device to prevent unnecessary noise and
with a suitable bell, horn or other means of signalling, and
with suitable lamps; and automobiles shall be provided
with a lock, a key or other device to prevent such vehicle
from being set in motion by unauthorized persons, or other-
wise, contrary to the will of the owner or person in charge
thereof. Every automobile operated during the period Lights.
from one half an hour after sunset to one half an hour before
sunrise shall display at least two white lights, or lights of
yellow or amber tint, or, if parked within the limits of a Parking lights,
way, one white light on the side of the automobile nearer
the centre of the way, and every motor cycle so operated at
least one white light, or light of yellow or amber tint, and
every such motor cycle with a side-car attached, in addition,
one such light on the front of the side-car, and every motor
truck, trailer and commercial motor vehicle used solely as
such, having a carrying capacity of three tons or over, in
addition, a green light attached to the extreme left of the
front of such vehicle, so attached and adjusted as to indi-
cate the extreme left lateral extension of the vehicle or load,
which shall in all cases aforesaid be visible not less than two
hundred feet in the direction toward which the vehicle is
proceeding or facing; and every such motor vehicle shall
display at least one red light in the reverse direction; pro- Proviso.
vided, that an automobile need display no light when parked
within the limits of a way in a space in which unlighted
parking is permitted by the rules or regulations of the board
or officer having control of such way. Every automobile
so operated shall have a rear light so placed as to show a
red light from behind and a white light so arranged as to
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Acts, 1929. — Chap. 44.
Keadlaiii pA ai
rear lamps,
approval by
registrar, etc.
Mirrors or
reflectors.
illuminate and not obscure the rear register number. No
headlamp shall be used upon any motor vehicle so operated
unless such lamp is equipped with a lens or other device,
approved by the registrar, designed to prevent glaring rays.
No rear lamp shall be used upon any motor vehicle so
operated unless approved by the registrar. Application for
the approval of a lens, or other device, or of a rear lamp,
accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars, may be made to the
registrar by any manufacturer thereof or dealer therein.
Every automobile used for the carriage of passengers for
hire, and every commercial motor vehicle or motor truck, so
constructed, equipped or loaded that the person operating
the same is prevented from having a constantly free and
unobstructed view of the highway immediately in the rear,
shall have attached to the vehicle a mirror or reflector so
placed and adjusted as to afford the operator a clear, re-
flected view of the highway in the rear of the vehicle.
Approved February 15, 1929.
ChaV. 44 ^N -^^"^ RELATIVE TO THE IMPORTATION AND LIBERATION
OF CERTAIN LIVE BIRDS AND QUADRUPEDS.
G. L. 131, § 41.
amended.
Importation
and liberation
of certain
live birds
and quad-
rupeds, per-
mits, etc.
Rules and
regulations.
Penalty for
violation.
Birds found to
be diseased
may be
confiscated.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section forty-one and
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 41 • No
person shafl import or cause to be imported into the com-
monwealth any live game bird or any live wild fur-bearing
or game quadruped unless he first obtains a permit so to
do from the director, nor shall any person liberate any such
bird or quadruped except in accordance with the provisions
of an outstanding permit. The director may, in his dis-
cretion, issue such a permit and may include therein reason-
able conditions as to the importation, inspection and libera-
tion of such birds or quadrupeds; and he may at any time
revoke such a permit. He may make reasonable rules and
regulations relative to the issue of such permits and to the
importation, inspection and liberation of such birds and
quadrupeds. Whoever violates any provision of this section
or of any rule or regulation made hereunder or any condi-
tion of a permit granted hereunder shall be punished by a
fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars
for each bird or quadruped in respect of which the violation
occurs. Any bird or quadruped which is imported into
the commonwealth in violation of this section, or which is
so imported under authority of a permit granted hereunder
and is found upon inspection to be diseased, may be con-
fiscated by any officer empowered to enforce the fish and
game laws and shall be forfeited and be disposed of as the
director deems best. Approved February 15, 1929.
Acts, 1929. Chaps. 45, 46. 59
An Act regulating the use of names by certain as- Chap 45
SOCIATIONS and TRUSTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the General Laws g. l. i82, new
is hereby amended by inserting after section two the follow- f 2*'°° ^"^'
ing new section: — Section 2 A. No association or trust use of names
shall assume the name of any corporation established under by certain
the laws of the commonwealth, or of a corporation, firm, and trusts
or association or trust whether or not as defined in section '^"guiated.
one, or of an individual, carrying on business in the com-
monwealth at the time when the association or trust is
created or within three years prior thereto, or assume a
name so similar thereto as to be likely to be mistaken for it,
except with the written consent of such existing corporation,
firm, association or trust or of such individual, previously
filed with the commissioner; and the commissioner shall
refuse to receive for filing the written instrument or declara-
tion of trust of an association or trust if it appears to him to
have assumed a name in violation hereof. The supreme
judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity,
upon the application of any person interested or affected,
to enjoin an association or trust from doing business under
any name assumed in violation hereof, although the written
instrument or declaration of trust of such association or
trust has been received for filing as aforesaid.
Approved February 15, 1929.
An Act enlarging the corporate powers of the new Chav. 46
BEDFORD PORT SOCIETY.
Be it eriacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter tw^enty-nine of the acts of eighteen }^^^\f'.^ '■
hundred and thirty-two is hereby amended by inserting after "'""'" ^
the word "seamen" in the eleventh line the words: — and
the furnishing of material relief to needy seamen and their
families, — and by inserting after the word "seamen" in
the twentieth line the words : — and the furnishing of ma-
terial relief to needy seamen and their families, — so as
to read as follows: — Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate New Bedford
and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, co°rporate^ ^'
and by the authority of the same, That Samuel Rodman, Jr., fa°g|d^®"'
James Arnold, Sylvester Holmes, John Howland, Jr.,
Jonathan Tuttle, Timothy I. Dyre, Charles W. Morgan,
Orville Dewey, Jared Parkhurst, William H. Taylor, John
Coggeshall and Nehemiah Leonard, their associates and
successors, be, and they hereby are incorporated, by the
name of the New Bedford Port Society, for the moral im-
provement of seamen and the furnishing of material relief
to needy seamen and their famihes, with power to make
by laws and regulations for their own government, and the
management of the concerns of the society, not inconsistent
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Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 47, 48.
with the laws of this Coniinouwealtli, and to take, hold and
receive, by gift or otherwise, real and personal estate, not
exceeding fifty thousand dollars in value, and the same to
sell and convey, if necessary, the income thereof to be
applied to the religious, moral and professional instruction
of seamen and the furnishing of material relief to needy
seamen and their families, in such manner as the society
shall direct. Approved February 15, 1929.
Chap. 47 An Act relative to the taking, possession and sale
OF calico bass and crappie.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 130,
§ 78A, etc.,
amended.
Chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section seventy-eight A,
inserted by chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and amended by
section four of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three and by chapter
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and
tefdn'^lafe^ °" inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 78 A.
etc., of certain No pcrsou shall take or have in possession more than six
fresh water fish. ^^^^y. ^^^^^ g^^^^^ pickerel, forty horned pout, forty yellow
perch, five wall eyed pike sometimes called pike perch,
forty blue gills or sunfish, twenty calico bass or twenty
crappie, taken from the waters of the commonwealth in
any one day, nor shall he take from said waters or have in
possession horned pout between March first and June fif-
teenth in any year, yellow perch between March first and
April first in any year, or blue gills, sunfish, calico bass or
crappie between December first and July first of the year
following, nor shall he at anj'- time buy, sell, offer or expose
for sale or have in possession for the purpose of sale a horned
pout, yellow perch, blue gill, sunfish, calico bass or crappie,
taken from the waters of the commonwealth, nor shall he
have in possession at any time a blue gill, sunfish, calico bass
or crappie, taken from said waters which is less than six
inches in length except when taken by him while lawfully
fishing and immediately returned alive to the water whence
Penalty. [^ ^g^g taken. Whoever violates any provision of this sec-
tion shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars
for every fish in respect to which such violation occurs.
Approved February 15, 1929.
Chap. 48 An Act relative to state reimbursement of small
towns for compensation paid to inspectors of ani-
mals.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seventeen of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "commonwealth" in the seventh line the words: — ,
upon certificate of the selectmen, approved by the director.
G. L. 129, § 17,
amended.
Acts, 1929. — C haps. 49, 50. Gl
— so as to read as follows: — Section 17. Each inspector Oaths of inspec-
shall be sworn to ' the faithful performance of his official *°" ° ^°™'' ^'
duties, and shall receive from the town for which he is ap- Compensation.
pointed reasonable compensation, if appointed by the town,
or such compensation as shall be fixed by the director, but
not in excess of five hundred dollars a year, if appointed by
the director. Towns having a valuation of less than two state reim-
and one half million dollars shall be reimbursed by the com- ^S to'wL"^
monwealth, upon certificate of the selectmen, approved by {"^^''^^''to'''
the director, for one half of such compensation, not exceed- inspectors.
ing two hundred and fifty dollars for each inspector in any
one year. Approved February 18, 1929.
An Act establishing the salaries of the deputy as- Chap. 49
SESSOES OF the CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter ninety-three of the ^"^^^ ^-^^ ^hl^'
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, as amended ^ ^" ^^^
by chapter ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty and by section one of chapter six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "thousand" in the eighth line
the words: — five hundred, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 3. The mayor shall also appoint for an indetermi- ^®P"f^it^^o^f"
nate term, under the laws and rules governing the classified Boston, civil
civil service of the commonwealth, five deputy assessors ment^saiSy"*'"
and such appointees shall hold office in accordance with duties, etc.
such laws and rules. Appointments to fill vacancies shall
be made in like manner. Each deputy assessor shall re-
ceive an annual salary of four thousand five hundred dollars
and shall perform such duties as the board of assessors
may prescribe.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- 1"^™^^^°^/°
ance during the current j^ear by vote of the city council of etc.
the city of Boston, subject to the provisions of its charter,
but not otherwise. Approved February 18, 1929.
An Act authorizing the Suffolk savings bank for Chap. 50
seamen and others to hold additional real es-
tate.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Suffolk Savings Bank for Seamen and S^if^^f
Others, incorporated by chapter seventy-three of the acts men and others
of eighteen hundred and thirty-three, may, subject to the ditwnai
approval of the commissioner of banks, invest a sum not ^eai estate
exceeding three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in ad-
dition to any sums heretofore authorized, in land and
buildings in the city of Boston to be used in whole or in j)art
for the conduct of a branch office or offices.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its~passage.
Approved February 20, 1929.
62 Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 51, 52, 53, 54,
Chap. 51 An Act authorizing the Gardner trust company to
HOLD additional REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF GARDNER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Com "an ^mav- Section 1. The Gardner Trust Company, a trust com-
hoid additional pany Organized under the laws of this commonwealth and
cfty of oi^rdner. having its usual place of business in the city of Gardner,
may, subject otherwise to the provisions of section forty-
one of chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and twenty-one
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and to the
approval of the commissioner of banks, invest in real estate
in said city suitable for and to be used in whole or in part
for the transaction of its business to an amount, including
the cost of alterations and additions in the nature of perma-
nent fixtures, not exceeding, directly or indirectly, sixty-
three thousand dollars, in addition to the amount permitted
by said section forty-one, amended as aforesaid, to be in-
vested by said trust company, but in no event exceeding
one hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars in the ag-
gregate.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1929.
Chap. 52 An Act authorizing the hitchcock free academy in
THE TOW^N of BRIMFIELD TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^^^^^fil""^^ The Hitchcock Free Academy in the town of Brimfield
town of Brim- may hold, for the purposes for which it is incorporated,
fddltSi''"''^ real and personal property to an amount not exceeding five
Bona? property, ^uudred thousand dollars. Approved February 20, 1929.
Chap. 53 An Act reviving cape cod camps, inc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Cam ?°nic Cape Cod Camps, Inc., a corporation dissolved by chapter
revived, etc.' two hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight, is hereby revived with the same
powers, duties and obligations as if said chapter had not been
passed; and all acts and proceedings of the officers, direc-
tors and stockholders of said corporation acting as such
which would be legal and valid but for the passage of said
chapter are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Approved February 20, 1929.
Chap. 54 An Act authorizing the universalist publishing
HOUSE TO HOLD ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.
Beit enacted, etc., as follows:
Itc^' .amended Chapter two hundred and eighty-six of the acts of eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, incorporating the Universalist
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 55, 56. 63
Publishing House, as amended in section two by section one
of chapter twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and five
and chapter eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
ten, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
two, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Sec- Uniyersaiist
Hon 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal prop- Hous'e may
erty necessary for conducting its_ business to an amount [-onaf property.
not exceeding one milhon dollars in value.
Approved February 20, 1929.
An Act relative to increasing the number of trustees (jj^g^jy 55
OF AMHERST COLLEGE ELECTED BY THE GRADUATES THEREOF ^'
AND EXTENDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE THEREFOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The number of trustees of Amherst college Number of
to be elected by the graduates of said college is hereby in- Amher8t°coi-
creased from five to six. The first vacancy among the lege increased.
members of the board of trustees of said college elected by horEfied.
said board which shall occur after the thirty-first day of
July in the current year, and after the adoption of any
necessary changes in rules or regulations by said board and
the society of the alumni of said college, shall be filled by
the graduates thereof in the same manner as is provided
for the election of the five trustees heretofore elected by
the graduates of said college. Whenever any person so
chosen by the said graduates to fill such vacancy shall
cease to be a member of the corporation, his place and that
of every successor shall be filled by the graduates in like
manner.
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts, in so far as pro- Certain acts
viding that no graduate of Amherst college be entitled to actl repealed,
vote for the trustees of said college to be chosen by the
graduates thereof prior to the fourth annual commencement
after his graduation, are hereby repealed.
Approved February 20, 1929.
An Act authorizing charles a. cushman and edith (JJiap. 56
w. cushman to build and maintain a foot-bridge
over the lower level of somerville avenue in the
CITY OF somerville.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon petition and after a public hearing chariesA.
thereon, notice of which shall be published at least three EdHh"w"cush-
times in a newspaper published in the city of Somerville, manmaybuiid
1 • .i^-i'i -jiji icii and maintain
the city council of said city may, with the approval of the afoot-bridge
mayor, issue a permit to Charles A. Cushman and Edith orsolnerviilr"^
W. Cushman, both of Cambridge, their heirs and their o{'|o'^e^"-J5e^
successors in title from time to time to the building hereinafter
referred to, to build and maintain a foot-bridge from the
second story of the building now owned by them and num-
bered forty-three Somerville avenue, at the northwest
64
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 57,
Revocation
of permit.
Restrictions
as to height
and width.
Liability for
bodily injury
or damage
to property.
Proviso.
Remedy not
exclusive, etc.
Unconstitution-
ality of any
part of act not
to affect valid-
ity of remaining
provisions.
Submission to
city council, etc
Proviso.
corner of said building, over the lower level of Somerville
avenue to the upper level thereof, otherwise called the
northern artery, for the purpose of connecting the building
with said northern artery, upon such conditions and subject
to such restrictions as the said city council may prescribe.
Any permit so issued may be revoked by vote of said city
council, with the approval of the mayor.
Section 2. Any bridge built under a permit granted as
aforesaid shall be constructed and maintained at a height
not less than sixteen feet above the grade line of the lower
level street, and shall not be more than ten feet in width,
and no part of said foot-bridge or its supports shall rest on
the surface of the upper or lower level street.
Section 3. If a traveler on the highway while in the
exercise of due care sustains bodily injury or damage in his
property by reason of the construction or maintenance of
said foot-bridge, he may recover damages therefor in an
action of tort brought in the superior court against said
Charles A. Cushman and Edith W. Cushman, or their heirs
or their successors in title from time to time to said build-
ing, within one year after the date of such injury or damage;
provided, that such notice of the time, place and cause of
the said injury or damage be given to said Charles A. Cush-
man and Edith W. Cushman, or their heirs or successors in
title aforesaid, by, or on behalf of, the person sustaining the
same as is, under the provisions of chapter eighty-four of
the General Laws, valid and sufficient in cases of injury
or damage sustained by reason of a defect or a want of re-
pair in or upon a way, if such defect or want of repair is
caused by or consists in part of snow or ice, or both. The
remedy herein provided shall not be exclusive, but shall be
in addition to any other remedy provided by law.
Section 4. If any part or section of this act be de-
clared unconstitutional, the validity of its remaining pro-
visions shall not be affected thereby.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
during the current year. Approved February 20, 1929.
Chap. 57 An Act authorizing the acceptance op certain pro-
visions OF LAW RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN TOWNS BY THE TOWN OF NATICK
BY THE USE OF THE OFFICIAL BALLOT.
Town of Natick
may place upon
official ballot
question of ac-
ceptance of cer-
tain provisions
of law relative
to establish-
ment of police
departments
in towns.
Be it enacted; etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Natick is hereby authorized
to place upon the official ballot to be used for the election of
town officers at any annual town election the following
question: — "Shall the town of Natick accept the provisions
of section ninety-seven of chapter forty-one of the General
Laws relative to the establishment of police departments in
towns?" If a majority of the votes cast in answer to said
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 58, 59. 65
question are in the affirmative, said provisions shall there-
upon become effective in said town, but not otherwise.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of marblehead to make QJiqj) 53
AN additional SEWERAGE LOAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of completing and extend- TownofMarbie-
, f-i'i r J. head may make
mg its system 01 mam drams and common sewers lor a part an additional
or the whole of its territory, with such connections and other ^^^^erage loan.
works as may be required for a system of sewage disposal,
and of exercising any power or authority relative to the
taking by purchase or otherwise of land, water rights and
easements, or any other right or authority conferred by
chapter three hundred and nine of the Special Acts of nine-
teen hundred and sixteen or by chapter eighty-three of the
General Laws, the town of Marblehead may, from time to
time, borrow, in addition to any sum or sums heretofore
authorized, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding
in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on their face
the words, Marblehead Sewerage Loan, Act of 1929. Each Marblehead
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such AtTo?f929.°^°'
loans shall be payable within fifteen years from their re-
spective dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this
act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per
cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same purposes
to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive
of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. Said town may, at any annual or special May authorize
town meeting or at any adjourned session thereof, by vote nwney'not-
in accordance with the articles for the warrant for said ^Ygt'istandmg,
meeting, authorize the borrowing of money under the pro-
visions of this act, and such authorization shall be fully
effective, notwithstanding that the warrant for said meet-
ing was served prior to the passage of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 21, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of brookline to erect QJidj) 59
A BUILDING FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES ON LONG WOOD PLAY-
GROUND, SO-CALLED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Brookline may erect a building Town of Brook-
for school purposes on that part of a playground therein a'buihiuirfor*^
66
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 60, 61, 62.
»o-called
Boundaries
school purposes known ES the Longwood playground and dedicated to the
on LongwooQ ^ »^ -^ ^. , . , , , en
playground, usc 01 the pubhc as 9. park, which is bounded as lollows: —
southerly by Francis street, eighty feet; easterly by other
land of said town known as the Lawrence school lot, two
hundred and twenty feet; northerly and westerly by the
remaining land of said playground, eighty feet and two
hundred and twenty feet, respectively, containing seven-
teen thousand six hundred square feet.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 21, 1929.
Chap. 60 ^^ ^^'^ VALIDATING THE ISSUE BY THE TOWN OF SPENCER
OF CERTAIN BONDS FOR WATER PURPOSES.
Issue by town
of Spencer of
certain bonds
for water pur-
poses vali-
dated.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The issue by the town of Spencer under
chapter forty-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred
and seventeen of bonds for water purposes to the amount
of thirty-three thousand dollars, in accordance with a vote
of the town passed at a meeting held on August twelfth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, in so far as such issue
may be illegal by reason of the fact that such vote purported
to authorize the issue of bonds in excess of the amount
permitted by said chapter, is hereby made legal.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 21, 1929.
Chap. 61 An Act relative to facsimile signatures of registers
OF DEEDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter thirty-six of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out section nineteen and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 19. A facsimile of the signature of
any register, imprinted by him, by an assistant register or
by such office assistant as the register in writing may desig-
nate, upon any original instrument in attestation of the
fact that the same has been recorded in his registry or upon
any copy of the records or plans which the register is au-
thorized by law to certify or attest as a true copy, shall
have the same validity as his written signature.
Approved February 21, 1929.
G. L. 36, § 19,
amended.
Facsimile sig-
natures of
registers of
deeds to have
same validity
as written
signatures.
Chap. 62 An Act authorizing the trustees of the Bristol county
agricultural school to PROVIDE A DOMESTIC WATER
SUPPLY FOR SAID SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The trustees of the Bristol county agricul-
tural school may expend a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars to provide wells, pipe lines, pump house and pumping
equipment, power line and other essentials to a complete
water system for said school.
Trustees of
Bristol county
agricultural
school may
expend a cer-
tain sum to
provide a
domestic water
supply for
said school.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 63, 64. 67
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the county
commissioners of said county may borrow from time to time,
on the credit of the county, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, five thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Bristol County Agricul- AgHcuiSirar*^
tural School Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall Schoo" Loan,
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable ^''^ °* *^^^-
in not more than three years from their dates. Such bonds
or notes shall be signed by the treasurer of said county and
countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners.
The county may sell such securities at public or private sale,
and the proceeds shall be used only for the purposes specified
in this act. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five
of the General Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
during the current year by said county commissioners. mi'^si^oners'"'
Approved February 21, 1929.
An Act relative to granting one day off in every (Jhap. 63
EIGHT DAYS TO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE TOWN OF BRAIN-
TREE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The provisions of section sixteen of chapter one hundred ^i^-ons^o^Taw
and forty-seven of the General Laws and the pertinent pro- relative to
visions of section seventeen of said chapter, relative to ex- laToffln "*
cusing police officers from duty for one day out of every ^ay/to police
eight days without loss of pay, shall apply in the town of offic'ers to apply
Braintree, upon acceptance of this act by vote of its select- Braint?ee upon
men prior to January first, nineteen hundred and thirty; acceptance, etc.
and, for the purpose of such acceptance, this act shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved February 21, 1929.
An Act authorizing the county of Bristol to borrow (JJia/n. 64
MONEY for the PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A SEWER
BED AT THE BRISTOL COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of ^^j®*°^*'end*a
Bristol, acting as the trustees of the Bristol county tubercu- certain sum for
losis hospital, may expend a sum not exceeding twenty-five tk)n''o"a*^8ewer
thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing a sewer bed fe^f t^ipount
at said hospital, in accordance with plans approved by the tuberculosis
state department of public health. hospital.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the said county May borrow
commissioners may borrow money on the credit of the no°tesfetc'"°
county and issue notes of the county therefor to an amount
not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. Such notes
shall be payable by such annual payments beginning not
more than one year from the date thereof as will extinguish
each loan within five years from its date. The amount of
68
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 65.
Effective upon
acceptance, etc.
such annual payment in any year shall not be less than the
amount of the principal of the loan payable in any subse-
quent year. The notes shall be signed by the county
treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the county
commissioners. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan. All sums necessary to meet interest pay-
ments on said notes and payments on account of principal
as the same mature shall be assessed upon the towns and
cities of said county that constitute the hospital district, in
accordance with section eighty-five of chapter one hundred
and eleven of the General Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, during the current year, by the county commis-
sioners of said county, but not otherwise. For the purposes
of such acceptance only, it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 21, 1929.
Bay State Life
Insurance Com-
pany incor-
porated.
Chap. 65 An Act to incorporate the bay state life insurance
COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Edward M. Hamhn, Charles B. Strout,
William K. Beane, Forris W. Norris, Roscoe Walsworth,
Herbert S. Mabey, Charles H. Bucek, Joshua Harron,
Walter E. McLane and Nicholas DuVally, their associates
and successors, are hereby created a corporation under the
name of Bay State Life Insurance Company, to be situated
in the city of Boston, for the transaction of life and endow-
ment insurance, the sale of annuities, and for insuring
against the sickness and the bodily injury or death of the
insured by accident; with all the rights, powers and privi-
leges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities and restric-
tions set forth in all general laws, now or hereafter in force,
applicable to domestic stock life insurance companies, so far
as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
act.
Section 2. The board of directors shall consist of not
less than fifteen members, who shall be chosen by ballot
from the stockholders, and a majority of whom shall be
residents of the commonwealth. Not less than eight shall
constitute a quorum to do business, although a less number
may adjourn from time to time. The number of directors
and the number constituting a quorum may be increased
or diminished within the said limits at any annual or special
meeting of the stockholders. The directors shall have power
to choose from their number an executive committee of not
less than seven, which may exercise all the powers of the board
of directors whenever the board shall not be in session, and
also all powers expressly conferred upon it by the by-laws.
The corporation may determine by its by-laws the manner
of calling and conducting all meetings, and the mode of
voting by proxy. Each stockholder shall be entitled to one
vote for every share of capital stock owned by him.
Board of direc-
tors, members,
election, etc.
Quorum.
Executive
committee.
Voting by
proxy.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 66. 69
Section 3. The capital stock of the corporation shall be Capital stock.
four hundred thousand dollars, divided into twenty thou-
sand shares of the par value of twenty dollars each. The
capital stock together with a surplus of not less than six
hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in, in cash, within
two years after the date of the passage of this act; and no
certificates of shares and no policies shall be issued until
the whole capital stock and surplus are so paid in.
Approved February 21, 1929.
An Act relative to the financing of the essex county (JJmy QQ
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of ^eeds mi"^*be
Essex may apply, toward the reduction of the existing in- applied toward
debtedness, including interest, of said county incurred on [ndebteXefs
account of the hospital constructed in said county for the |j"p"[,n^J'f"
care of persons suffering from tuberculosis, the net proceeds Essex county
derived from the sale or disposition by them of property Lospitr/"^'^
under authority of section five of chapter four hundred and
forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four
and the proceeds of assessments heretofore credited under
section six of said chapter but not paid.
Section 2. Said county commissioners shall thereafter Balance of in-
apportion the remaining balance of such indebtedness to the be'^a'ppor'tToned
cities and towns in said county, except the cities of Haver- to cities and
• towns in
hill, Lawrence, Lynn, Newburyport and Salem, in accord- county,
ance with their latest valuation used in assessing the county ^'"^''p*" ^^'^■
taxes; and each of such cities and towns shall pay the sum
so apportioned to it into the treasury of said county at such
time and in such instalments as the said county commissioners
shall by special order direct. The county commissioners Remedies for
shall have the remedies for the collection of sums so ap- '^o''^'^*'""- ^*''-
portioned, and the several cities and towns shall have the
right to incur indebtedness to provide funds for the pay-
ment thereof, provided in sections eighty-three and eighty-
four, respectively, of chapter one hundred and eleven of the
General Laws. Any city or town which neglects or refuses Procedure in
to pay its assessment shall pay, and the county commis- town'^n^rects,
sioners may collect, interest thereon as and for money due etc., to pay, etc.
the county under section twenty-four of chapter thirty-five
of the General Laws. The county commissioners may issue Temporary
temporary notes in anticipation of the payment of such re°newareTc.
assessment and may renew such notes or any portion thereof
from time to time, until such assessment shall have been paid.
Section 3. All sums hereafter received by said county Apportionment
commissioners as dividends on account of moneys deposited ll ci'tTesTnd
to the credit of David L Robinson, treasurer, Essex county, towns in
special account in the Tremont Trust Company shall be et"." ^' ^""^^^ '
apportioned and paid to the cities and towns in said county,
except said cities of Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynn, Newbury-
port and Salem, in accordance with their latest valuation
70
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 67, 68.
used in assessing the county taxes. Losses on account of
said deposit shall be deemed a part of the cost of construc-
tion of said hospital.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners
of said county. Approved February 21, 1929.
Chap. 67 An Act reviving richards & cc, incorporated.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Submission to
county com-
missioners.
Emergency
preamble.
Richards & Co
Incorporated,
revived.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Richards & Co., Incorporated, a corporation
dissolved by section one of chapter two hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is
hereby revived with the same powers, duties and obligations
as if said chapter had not been passed.
When operative. Section 2. This act shall bc operative as of March
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six.
Approved February 23, 1929.
Chap.
Town of Dan-
vers may main-
tain a public
hospital for the
use of the
inhabitants
of said town.
Board of trus-
tees, election,
terms, etc.
Vacancies.
Submission
to voters
of town, etc.
68 An Act authorizing the town of danvers to maintain
A public hospital for the use of the inhabitants of
SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Danvers may maintain a public
hospital for the use of the inhabitants of said town and
others who may be admitted thereto who may require
medical or surgical treatment, and may appropriate money
for the maintenance of said hospital.
Section 2. Said town shall, within sixty days from the
effective date of this act, elect at an annual or special elec-
tion a board consisting of seven trustees to manage said
hospital, who shall hold office, three until the expiration of
three years, two until the expiration of two years, and two
until the expiration of one year, from the date of the first
annual election following said effective date. Thereafter,
as the terms of office expire, the town shall annually elect
such number of trustees for terms of three years each as is
necessary to fill any vacancies. Any vacancy in said board,
other than by the expiration of term of office, shall be filled
by appointment by the board of selectmen and the re-
maining trustees for the residue of the term.
Section .3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the registered voters of the town present
and voting thereon at any town meeting called for the
purpose within three years from its passage, but, for the
purpose of such acceptance, it shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved February 25, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 69, 70. 71
An Act subjecting the office of superintendent of QJiav, 69
PUBLIC buildings AND INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS IN THE
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of superintendent of public build- [^fgn^dent"?^''"
ings and inspector of buildings in the city of Cambridge public buUd-
shall, upon the effective date of this act, become subject to Inspector of
the civil service laws and rules and regulations, and the term gi"'''||"5am-
of office of any incumbent thereof shall be unlimited, except bridge subject
that he may be removed in accordance with such laws servVceiaws.
and rules and regulations; but the person holding said office
on said effective date may continue therein without taking
a civil service examination.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance Submission
to the registered voters of the city of Cambridge at its city ^° ^°*''"' ^^'^^
election in the current year in the form of the following
question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used at said election: "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, en-
titled 'An Act subjecting the office of superintendent of
public buildings and inspector of buildings in the city of
Cambridge to the civil service laws', be accepted?" If a
majority of the voters voting thereon vote in the affirmative
in answer to said question, this act shall thereupon take
effect, but not otherwise. Approved February 25, 1929.
An Act relative to non-compliance by registered Chav. 70
DENTISTS WITH PROVISIONS OF LAW REQUIRING THEIR
ANNUAL LICENSING AND WITH CERTAIN OTHER PROVISIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section forty-four of chapter one hundred and twelve of *i- ^- ^^^' j !*•
etc ftHlGnClGCl.
the General Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and
forty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, is hereby further amended by striking out the third
sentence, — so as to read as follows: — Section 44- Every Registered
registered dentist when he begins practice, either by himself notify*board of
or associated with or in the employ of another, shall forth- dental examin-
with notify the board of his office address or addresses, and address.
every registered dentist practicing as aforesaid shall an- Annual license
nually, before April first, pay to the board a license fee of ^^®"
two dollars. Every registered dentist shall also promptly to notify
notify the board of any change in his office address or ad- ci°ange°in office
dresses and shall furnish such other information as the address, etc.
board may require. The board shall publish annually com- Board to pub-
plete lists of the names and office addresses of all dentists I'sh annual hsta.
registered and practicing in the commonwealth, arranged
alphabetically by name and also by the towns where their
offices are situated. Every registered dentist shall exhibit Exhibit of^uii
his full name in plain readable letters in each office or room ^^'^^^
where his business is transacted.
Approved February 25, 1929.
72
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 71, 72, 73.
Certain nom-
inations of town
officers in cur-
rent year in
town of Brain-
tree validated.
Chap. 71 An Act validating certain nominations of town of-
ficers IN THE CURRENT YEAR IN THE TOWN OF BRAIN-
TREE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All nominations of candidates for town
offices to be filled at the annual town meeting of the town
of Braintree in the current year made by nomination papers
filed with and accepted by the town clerk of said town on or
before February twenty-first in said year, in so far as such
nominations are invalid by reason of being submitted to
the registrars, for the purpose of having the signatures
thereon certified, after the time prescribed by section seven
of chapter fifty-three of the General Laws, as most recently
amended by chapter one hundred and twenty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, are hereby made
valid.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1929.
Chav. 72 An Act relative to the election of selectmen in the
TOWN of BROOKFIELD.
Certain action
of town of
Brookfield
relative to
election of
selectmen
validated.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The action of the town of Brookfield taken
at its special town meeting held on January twenty-fifth of
the current year, whereby it purported to vote, under article
three of the warrant for said special town meeting, to elect
at its annual town meeting in the current year three select-
men, and at its annual town meeting to be held in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty to elect four selectmen, and
thereafter at its annual town meetings to elect five select-
men, each to hold office for the term of one year, is hereby
confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if said vote
had conformed to said article; and on and after the date
of the annual meeting of said town to be held in the current
year said board of selectmen shall consist of five members
until otherwise provided.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1929.
Chap. 73 An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to borrow
MONEY for the ERECTION OF AN ADDITION TO THE CAM-
BRIDGE CITY HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of erecting an addition to
the Cambridge city hospital which increases the floor space
of such building, including the cost of original equipment and
furnishing of such addition, the city of Cambridge may
borrow, from time to time within a period of five years from
City of Cam-
bridge may
borrow money
for the erection
of an addition
to the Cam-
bridge city
hospital.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 74. 73
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Cambridge City Hospital Loan, Act of Cambridge
1929. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate Lo!7n. Act"*^^
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen °^^^-^-
years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized
under this act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than
ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same
purpose to be raised in the tax levy of the year when au-
thorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph
of section seven thereof as revised by chapter three hundred
and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1929.
An Act increasing the amount that the city of cam- phr,q-, <ia
BRIDGE MAY BORROW FOR THE WIDENING AND CONSTRUC- ^'
TION OF MAIN STREET AND BROADWAY IN THE CITY OF
CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of meeting the expenses in- cityofcam-
curred under chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the acts bolTow^n*'
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five for the widening and additional
construction of Main street and Broadway in the city of wddln^niTud
Cambridge, including judgments on account of land dam- MafnXeeT °^
ages awarded on account of said widening, the city of Cam- ?nci Broadway
bridge may borrow, in addition to the amount authorized ^''^''"^'''^y-
by said chapter two hundred and fifty-four, such sums as
may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate one hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words.
Main Street and Broadway Widening Loan, Act of 1929. Main street
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and widening'^LSi^.
such loans shall be paid in not more than ten years from ^^t of 1929.
their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act
unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent
of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be
raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to the provisions of chapter forty-four of the Gen-
eral Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the first
paragraph of section seven thereof as revised by chapter three
hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1929.
74
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 75, 76, 77.
Chap. 75 An Act relative to the powers of the trustees of the
MINISTERIAL FUND OF THE BAPTIST RELIGIOUS SOCIETY
IN HAVERHILL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ten of the acts of eighteen hundred and twenty-
three, being an act approved June twelfth, eighteen hundred
and twenty-three and entitled "An Act to incorporate the
Trustees of the Ministerial Fund of the Baptist Religious
Society in Haverhill", is hereby amended by striking out
section four and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Sec. 4- Be it further enacted, That the said Trustees and
their successors be and they are hereby empowered to take,
receive and hold all lands, goods, monies or securities or the
interest or income of them, which have been or may here-
after be given, contributed, devised or bequeathed to them
or to the said Baptist Religious Society in Haverhill, for the
support of the Gospel ministry in said Society, or for any
other laudable or pious uses connected with said Society:
Provided, that the annual income of their funds shall never
exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars; and said Trustees
and their successors or the major part of them shall have
power to sell and convey all such real estate as they may
become seized of, when duly authorized by said Society, at
a legal meeting warned for that purpose.
Approved February 26, 1929.
1823, 10, § 4,
amended.
Powers of the
Trustees of the
Ministerial
Fund of the
Baptist Reli-
gious Society
in Haverhill.
Proviso.
Chap. 76 An Act relative to the powers of railroad corpora-
tions IN RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES OF CERTAIN EXPRESS
COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and sixty of the General Laws, as
amended in section seventy by section two of chapter one
hundred and twenty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section seventy and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing: — Section 70. A railroad corporation may acquire,
mvest in securi- hold, votc, scll and negotiate the stock and securities of
companierand terminal companies organized under the laws of the com-
compan^es"^^^^ monwcalth, and of express companies operating in whole or
in part on its lines, and may guarantee the bonds of such
companies. Approved February 26, 1929.
G. L. 160, § 70,
etc., amended.
Railroad cor-
porations may
Chap. 77 An Act authorizing the appointment of health officers
BY unions of two OR MORE TOWNS.
G. L. Ill, new
section after
§27.
Appointment
of he.alth
officers by
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section twenty-seven the
following new section : — Section 27 A . Two or more towns
may, by vote of each, form a district for the purpose of
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 78, 79. 75
employing a health officer therein who shall annually be unions of two
appointed by a joint committee composed of the chairman ^™°'"®
and secretary of the board of health of each of the said towns
and shall perform such duties as said joint committee may
prescribe. The committee shall determine the relative Salary, etc.
amount of service to be performed by him in each town, fix
his salary, apportion the amount thereof to be paid by each
town and certify the same to each town treasurer. Such a
health officer insofar as his duties in a given town are con-
cerned shall be the employee of and responsible to the regu-
larly constituted board of health of said town. This section Not applicable
shall not apply to the county of Barnstable. coJSy"^'"'''^
Approved February 28, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of concord to contract nhrj.^ 70
TO PAY CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY TO THE CONCORD FREE ^'
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Concord may contract to pay TownofCon-
annually to the Concord Free Public Library, during the conlrSo
lives of the widow and daughter of Loring N. Fowler, late pay certain
of said Concord, and the survivor of them, an amount equal toThe'c^cord
to the interest, at a rate not exceeding four per cent per £[brary.'^'"'
annum, upon such sums, not exceeding thirty thousand
dollars in the aggregate, as may be expended by said Library
for the purchase of land in that part of said town known as
West Concord and the erection thereon of a building for use
as a branch library thereof; provided, that the inhabitants Proviso.
of said town have free access to and use of said branch li-
brary.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 1, 1929.
Chap. 79
An Act relative to the placing underground of wires
AND electrical APPLIANCES IN THE CITY OF EVERETT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fifty-three of the 1915 (S) 253,
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen is hereby ^ '^' a^iended.
amended by striking out section two and inserting in place
thereof the following : — Section 2. The provisions of this The placing
act shall apply to the following streets or parts of streets: — wTrll'^fnd'"'^ °^
Broadway from the Boston line to the Maiden line; Ferry electrical
street from Chelsea street to the Maiden line ; Chelsea street ci^ty oTIfverett
from Broadway to Everett avenue; Church street from certei^' streets
Broadway to Linden street. All the overhead wires, cables,
conductors, poles and structures in that part of Broadway
above specified, except such as are hereinafter excepted, shall
be removed or placed underground prior to the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and thirty-five; and all the over-
head wires, cables, conductors, poles and structures in those
parts of Ferry, Chelsea and Church streets above specified,
76
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 79.
Proviso.
1915 (S) 253,
§ 3, amended.
Dutie.s of
owners or users
of overhead
wires, etc.
except such as are hereinafter excepted, shall be removed or
placed underground prior to the first day of January, nine-
teen hundred and thirty-seven; provided, that such permits
as are necessary are granted in due season, so that the work
may be completed within the time aforesaid; it being the
purpose of this act to cause the removal from the parts of
streets above named of all wires, cables, conductors, poles
and structures, except those hereinafter excepted, within
the periods above specified. And it shall be the duty of said
officer or officers to see that the same are so removed. But
any company or person subject to the provisions of this act
may petition the department of public utilities for the ex-
emption from the provisions of this act of any wires, cables,
conductors, poles and structures, or for any extension or
extensions of time for compliance with said provisions. And
said department may grant any such exemption or extension
which it deems reasonable; and any exemptions or exten-
sions granted by said department, by an order passed after
notice to the mayor and aldermen of the said city, who shall
be entitled to be heard, and a public hearing, shall have the
same force and effect as if specially provided for herein.
Section 2. Section three of said chapter two hundred
and fifty-three is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fifth line, the word "twenty-one" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — thirty-five, — by striking out, in the
thirteenth line, the words "that part of Ferry street" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — those parts of Ferry,
Chelsea and Church streets, — by striking out, in the four-
teenth and fifteenth lines, the word "twenty-three" and
inserting in place thereof the word: — thirty-seven, — and
by striking out, in the sixteenth and seventeenth lines, the
words "that part of said Ferry street" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — those parts of said Ferry, Chelsea and
Church streets, — so as to read as follows: — Section 3.
Every owner or user of overhead wires, cables or conductors,
and of poles and other structures for the support thereof,
in that part of Broadway specified in section two, shall,
prior to the first day of January, nineteen hundred and
thirty-five, construct the underground conduits, ducts and
manholes which it shall desire to use in that part of said
Broadway, and remove therefrom its overhead wires, cables
and conductors and any poles or other structures used for
the support thereof, except such as may be exempted under
the provisions of this act; and every owner or user of over-
head wires, cables or conductors and of poles and other
structures for the support thereof, in those parts of Ferry,
Chelsea and Church streets specified in section two, shall,
prior to the first day of January, nineteen hundred and
thirty-seven, construct the underground conduits, ducts
and manholes which it shall desire to use in those parts of
said Ferry, Chelsea and Church streets, and remove there-
from its overhead wires, cables and conductors and any
poles or other structures used for the support thereof, except
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 80. 77
such as may be exempted under the provisions of this act;
and upon the removal from overhead of such wires, cables
or conductors, the owners or users thereof may place the
same and any other necessary wires, cables or conductors
or any extensions thereof in such underground conduits. It
shall be the duty of the officer or officers provided for in
section one to see that the requirements of this section are
complied with.
Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-three is i9i5 (S) 253,
hereby further amended by striking out section seven and ^ ^' '""^"«^«'^-
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 7. Except Exemptions.
as herein otherwise provided, this act shall not apply to
posts for the support of lamps exclusively, or to poles used
exclusively for local distribution from underground wires,
cables or conductors, or to street railway trolley, feeder, guard
and span wires or to poles for the support of the same; nor
shall it revoke or affect any rights already granted to any
person, firm or corporation to place or maintain any conduits,
pipes, wires, cables or conductors underground; but any
such conduits, pipes, wires, cables or conductors, laid here-
after in pursuance of any such grant, shall be laid subject
to the provisions of this act so far as they are not incon-
sistent with the terms of such grant.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1929.
An Act to establish harbor lines in the acushnet Q}iqj) §q
RIVER and FAIRHAVEN AND NEW BEDFORD HARBORS. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The harbor lines in the Acushnet river and ^"'^^cygj^^et"
Fairhaven and New Bedford harbors are hereby changed riverand
and established as follows: The location of each angle in N^ew Bedford'*
the lines hereinafter described is fixed by a distance herein- g^Yabiisiaed
after called longitude in feet, from a meridian passing ®* *
through a point called "Mark 1" located by the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey and known as "New
Bedford Fort" north latitude forty-one degrees, thirty-seven
minutes, twenty-seven and sixty-six thousandths seconds,
and west longitude seventy degrees, fifty-four minutes, ten
and four hundred nine thousandths seconds, and by a dis-
tance hereinafter called latitude, in feet, from a line at right
angles to said meridian and passing through said point and
the bearings refer to the true meridian passing through
said point.
Beginning at point A in latitude six hundred fifty-one
and seventy-one one hundredths feet north and longitude
eight hundred sixty and thirty-seven one hundredths feet
west, said point A being north fifty-two degrees, fifty-one
minutes, twenty-five seconds west, true bearing, one thou-
sand seventy-nine and thirty-three one hundredths feet
from above described Mark 1; thence north one degree,
fifty minutes, seven seconds west, true bearing, one thou-
78
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 80.
Harbor lines in
the Acushnet
river and
Fairhaven and
New Bedford
harbors,
established.
sand eight hundred twenty feet to point B in latitude,
two thousand four hundred seventy and seventy-seven one
hundredths feet north and longitude nine hundred eighteen
and sixty-five one hundredths feet west, said point B be-
ing located north twenty-two degrees, thirty-four minutes,
thirty seconds west, true bearing, six hundred and fifty-one
one hundredths feet from Mark 2 on the southwesterly cor-
ner of Atlas Tack Company's wharf in Fairhaven; thence
north forty-six degrees, ten minutes, forty-five seconds west,
true bearing, one thousand one hundred seventy-two and
sixty-seven one hundredths feet to point C in latitude
three thousand two hundred eighty-two and seventy-three
one hundredths feet north and longitude one thousand seven
hundred sixty-four and seventy-four one hundredths feet
west, said point C being located south sixty-eight degrees,
fourteen minutes, fifty-six seconds west, true bearing, two
hundred eighty-six and eighty-five one hundredths feet
from Mark 3 on the northwesterly corner of Central wharf
in Fairhaven; thence north three degrees, fifty-three sec-
onds west, true bearing, nine hundred seventy-six and forty-
five one hundredths feet to point D in latitude four thousand
two hundred fifty-seven and eighty-three one hundredths
feet north and longitude one thousand eight hundred six-
teen and one tenth feet west, said point D being located
north twenty degrees, fifteen minutes, ten seconds west,
true bearing, one hundred fifty-one and thirteen one hun-
dredths feet from Mark 4 on the southwesterly corner of
Old South wharf in Fairhaven; thence north, thirty-six
degrees, thirty minutes, thirty seconds east, true bearing,
six hundred thirty-five and eight one hundredths feet to
point E in latitude four thousand seven hundred sixty-eight
and twenty-nine one hundredths feet north and longitude
one thousand four hundred thirty-eight and twenty-six one
hundredths feet west, said point E being located north
seventy-five degrees, forty-one minutes, forty-six seconds
west, true bearing, three hundred sixty-eight and sixty-one
one hundredths feet from a stone monument at the south-
east corner of Washington street and Water street in Fair-
haven; thence north twelve degrees, ten minutes, fifty-seven
seconds west, true bearing, one thousand seven hundred
eighteen and nine tenths feet to point F in latitude six
thousand four hundred forty-eight and forty-eight one hun-
dredths feet north and longitude one thousand eight hun-
dred one feet west, said point F being located north twenty-
two degrees, six minutes, twenty-five seconds west, true
bearing, thirty-three and fifty-four one hundredths feet
from Mark 5 on the southerly side of the New Bedford and
Fairhaven bridge near the Fairhaven end; thence north
forty-six degrees, sixteen minutes, forty-one seconds west,
true bearing, three thousand four hundred six and thirty-
seven one hundredths feet to point G in latitude eight
thousand eight hundred two and eighty-two one hundredths
feet north and longitude four thousand two hundred sixty-
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 80. 79
two and seventy-eight one hundredths feet west, said point Harbor lines in
G being located south twelve degrees, twenty minutes, Hve^and""**
fortj^-one seconds west, true bearing, one thousand and five Fairhaven and
one hundredths feet from Mark 6 on Marsh island so-called h^rl^r!^^''"^
in Fairhaven; thence north, ten degrees, twenty-three established,
minutes, fifty-three seconds west, true bearing, one thousand
two hundred sixteen and ninety-two one hundredths feet
to point H in latitude nine thousand nine hundred ninety-
nine and seventy-six one hundredths feet north and longi-
tude four thousand four hundred eighty-two and forty-two
one hundredths feet west, said point H being located north
sixty-three degrees, five minutes, sixteen seconds west,
true bearing, four hundred eighty-six and eight one hun-
dredths feet from Mark 6 on Marsh island in Fairhaven;
thence north twenty-four degrees east, true bearing, eighteen
hundred feet to point I in latitude eleven thousand six
hundred forty-four and fourteen one hundredths feet north
and longitude three thousand seven hundred fifty and
twenty-nine one hundredths feet west, said point I being
located south fourteen degrees, seven minutes, twenty-nine
seconds west, true bearing, nine and ninety-eight one hun-
dredths feet from Mark 7 on the southerly side of Coggeshall
street bridge near the Fairhaven end; thence north two
degrees, four minutes, thirty-nine seconds east, true bearing,
two thousand seventy-seven and twenty-eight one hun-
dredths feet to point J in latitude thirteen thousand seven
hundred twenty and five one hundredths feet north and
longitude three thousand six hundred seventy-four and
ninety-nine one hundredths feet west, said point J being
located north fifty-four degrees, thirty-nine minutes, seven-
teen seconds west, true bearing, eight hundred sixty-four
and twenty-eight one hundredths feet from Mark 8 near the
westerly end of Veranda street in Fairhaven; thence north
eleven degrees, thirty-two minutes, twenty seconds west,
true bearing, two thousand eight hundred twenty-five and
twenty-two one hundredths feet to point K in latitude
sixteen thousand four hundred eighty-eight and seventeen
one hundredths feet north and longitude four thousand two
hundred forty and thirteen one hundredths feet west, said
point K being located north seventy degrees, thirty-six
minutes, twenty-two seconds west, true bearing, five hun-
dred ninety-two and thirty-three one hundredths feet from
Mark 9, the above described point K being the northerly
end of the harbor line hereby established in the easterly side
of Acushnet river.
Beginning at point L in latitude sixteen thousand four
hundred twenty-eight and sixteen one hundredths feet north
and longitude four thousand five hundred thirty-four and
seven one hundredths feet west, said point L being the most
northerly point of the harbor line hereby established on the
westerly side of Acushnet river, being located north four
degrees, twenty-one minutes, fifty-five seconds east, true
bearing, three hundred sixty-three and fifty-eight one hun-
80
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 80.
river and
Fairhaven and
New Bedford
harbors,
established.
the'Acus'hnet*" dredths feet from Mark 10 on the Manomet mill property;
thence south five degrees, twenty minutes, thirty-three
seconds east, true bearing, three thousand seven hundred
fifteen and three tenths feet to point M in latitude twelve
thousand seven hundred twenty-nine feet north and longi-
tude four thousand one hundred eighty-eight and fourteen
one hundredths feet west, said point M being located north
seventy-six degrees, forty-two minutes, fifty-seven seconds
east, true bearing, one thousand seven hundred thirteen and
forty-seven one hundredths feet from a stone monument at
the southeasterly corner of Belleville avenue and Sawyer
street in New Bedford; thence south thirty-four minutes,
two seconds west, true bearing, one thousand one hundred
forty-four and eighty-eight one hundredths feet to point
N in latitude eleven thousand five hundred eighty-four and
seventeen one hundredths feet north and longitude four
thousand one hundred ninety-nine and forty-eight one
hundredths feet west, said point N being located south two
degrees, thirty-two minutes, forty-nine seconds east, true
bearing, fifty-nine and forty-eight one hundredths feet from
Mark 11 on the Coggeshall street bridge near the New
Bedford end; thence south twenty-seven degrees, thirteen
minutes, eight seconds west, true bearing, one thousand
one hundred two and seven one hundredths feet to point
in latitude ten thousand six hundred four and fifteen one
hundredths feet north and longitude four thousand seven
hundred three and fifty-five one hundredths feet west, said
point being located south twenty degrees, fifty-one minutes,
sixteen seconds east, true bearing, two hundred eighty-five
and seven one hundredths feet from Mark 12 at the easterly
end of Washburn street in New Bedford; thence south
twelve degrees, thirty-eight minutes, twenty seconds west,
true bearing, one thousand five hundred fifty-four and
ninety-seven one hundredths feet to point P in latitude nine
thousand eighty-six and eighty-six one hundredths feet
north and longitude five thousand forty-three and seventy-
nine one hundredths feet west, said point P being located
north eighty-two degrees, forty-one minutes, thirty seconds
east, true bearing, three hundred thirteen and eight one
hundredths feet from Mark 13 near the southeasterly corner
of Wamsutta wharf in New Bedford; thence south three
degrees, forty-six minutes, fifty seconds west, true bearing,
three thousand ninety-nine and thirty-eight one hundredths
feet to point Q in latitude five thousand nine hundred ninety-
four and twenty-three one hundredths feet north and
longitude five thousand two hundred forty-eight and fifteen
one hundredths feet west, said point Q being located north
seventy-five degrees, twenty minutes, thirty seconds east,
true bearing, six hundred twenty-six and forty-six one hun-
dredths feet from a stone monument, at the intersection of
the southerly line of Hillman street, extended easterly, and
the westerly line of North Water street extended northerly,
in New Bedford ; thence south three degrees, fifteen minutes,
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 80. 81
forty-four seconds east, true bearing, five hundred forty- Harbor lines in
seven and seventy-three one hundredths feet to point R rhfefand'"^*
in latitude five thousand four hundred forty-seven and Fairhaven a^d
thirty-eight one hundredths feet north and longitude five haTbors,
thousand two hundred sixteen and ninety-eight one hun- established.
dredths feet west, said point R being located south eighty-
one degrees, fifty-eight minutes, twenty seconds east, true
bearing, six hundred two and thirteen one hundredths feet
from a stone monument at the southwest corner of North
street and North Water street in New Bedford; thence
south fifteen degrees, twenty-one seconds east, true bear-
ing, four hundred fifty feet to point S in latitude five thousand
twelve and seventy-three one hundredths feet north and
longitude five thousand one hundred and forty-seven one
hundredths feet west, said point S being located north
seventy-seven degrees, twenty-eight minutes, twenty-one
seconds east, true bearing, fifteen and forty-four one hun-
dredths feet from Mark 14 on the southerly side of the
New Bedford and Fairhaven bridge near the New Bedford
end; thence south, nine degrees, thirty-seven minutes,
fifty-six seconds east, true bearing, four hundred eighty and
fifty-seven one hundredths feet to point T in latitude four
thousand five hundred thirty-eight and ninety-three one
hundredths feet north and longitude five thousand twenty
and six one hundredths feet west, said point T being located
south nineteen degrees, fourteen minutes, fifty-three seconds
east, true bearing, one hundred sixty-seven and eighty-two
one hundredths feet from Mark 15 near the southeasterly
corner of the Union street railway wharf in New Bedford;
thence south fifty-six degrees, nineteen minutes, twenty-six
seconds east, true bearing, eight hundred twenty-two and
sixty-four one hundredths feet to point U in latitude four
thousand eighty-two and seventy-eight one hundredths feet
north and longitude four thousand three hundred thirty-
five and forty-seven one hundredths feet west, said point U
being located south sixty-nine degrees, forty-four minutes,
twenty-four seconds east, true bearing, seventy-seven and
seventy-two one hundredths feet from Mark 16 near the
northwesterly corner of the state pier in New Bedford;
thence south fourteen degrees, three minutes, ten seconds
east, true bearing, six thousand five hundred ninety-three
feet to point V in latitude two thousand three hundred
twelve and ninety-one one hundredths feet south and longi-
tude two thousand seven hundred thirty-four and fifty-nine
one hundredths feet west, said point V being located north
forty-two degrees, fourteen minutes, thirty-one seconds east,
true bearing, two hundred fifty-one and sixty-one one hun-
dredths feet from Mark 17 on the easterly end of the Cove
street storm sewer, point V being the southerly end of the
harbor line hereby established on the easterly side of New
Bedford harbor.
Beginning at point CA in latitude four thousand one hun-
dred nine and forty-eight one hundredths feet north and
82
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 80.
the Acushnet
river and
Fairhaven and
New Bedford
harbors,
estabhahed.
the'^Acuslfnet'" loHgitude two thousand three hundred ninety-three and
forty-one one hundredths feet west, said point CA being
located south nineteen degrees, forty-eight minutes, thirty-
three seconds west, true bearing, four hundred twenty-two
and two tenths feet from Mark 18 on Crow island; thence
north forty-five degrees, nine minutes, five seconds east,
true bearing, five hundred four and seventeen one hun-
dredths feet to point CB in latitude four thousand four
hundred sixty-five and three one hundredths feet north and
longitude two thousand thirty-five and ninety-seven one
hundredths feet west; thence north five degrees, thirty-two
minutes, twelve seconds east, true bearing, five hundred
eight and seventy-nine one hundredths feet to point CC
in latitude four thousand nine hundred seventy-one and
forty-five one hundredths feet north and longitude one
thousand nine hundred eighty-six and eighty-eight one
hundredths feet west; thence north seventy-seven degrees,
twenty minutes, forty-eight seconds west, true bearing, three
hundred sixty and three tenths feet to point CD in latitude
five thousand fifty and thirty-seven one hundredths feet
north and longitude two thousand three hundred thirty-
eight and forty-three one hundredths feet west, said point
CD being located north nine degrees, twelve minutes, four-
teen seconds west, true bearing, five hundred fifty and
seventy-seven one hundredths feet from Mark 18 on Crow
island; thence south nineteen degrees, forty-nine minutes,
twelve seconds west, true bearing, one thousand forty feet
to point CE in latitude four thousand seventy-one and
ninety-eight one hundredths feet north and longitude two
thousand six hundred ninety-one and six one hundredths
feet west; thence north eightj^-two degrees, forty-nine
minutes, twelve seconds east, true bearing, three hundred
feet to point CA, the point of beginning.
Beginning at point PA in latitude five thousand nine
hundred sixty-three and three one hundredths feet north
and longitude two thousand two hundred twelve and sixty-
three one hundredths feet west, said point PA being located
south forty-one degrees, five minutes, ten seconds east,
true bearing, three hundred thirty-five and seventy-eight
one hundredths feet from Mark 19 on the southerly side of
the New Bedford and Fairhaven bridge near the east side of
Popes island; thence north thirty-six degrees, thirty-six
minutes, forty-one seconds west, true bearing, four hundred
feet to point PB in latitude six thousand two hundred
eighty-four and eleven one hundredths feet north and
longitude two thousand four hundred fifty-one and eighteen
one hundredths feet west, said point PB being located north
fourteen degrees, forty-four minutes, three seconds west,
true bearing, seventy and thirty-one one hundredths feet
from aforesaid M 19; thence north forty-six degrees, six-
teen minutes, forty-one seconds west, true bearing, one
thousand four hundred thirty-four and sixty-six one hun-
dredths feet to point PC in latitude seven thousand two
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 80. 83
hundred seventy-five and sixty-nine one hundredths feet Harbor lines in
north and longitude three thousand four hundred eighty-eight nVe^and^"*^*^
and one one hundredth feet west, said point PC being lo- Nmv Bedford*^
cated north forty degrees, twenty-five minutes, five seconds harbors,
east, true bearing, nine hundred two and thirty-five one ^^^^bi'^^^ed.
hundredths feet from Mark 20 near the northerly end of
Popes island; thence south eighty-three degrees, forty-three
minutes, nineteen seconds west, true bearing, five hundred
ten and eighty-three one hundredths feet to point PD in
latitude seven thousand two hundred nineteen and eighty-
three one hundredths feet north and longitude three thou-
sand nine hundred ninety-five and seventy-eight one hun-
dredths feet west, said point PD being located north six
degrees, fifty-eight minutes, fifty-two seconds east, true
bearing, six hundred thirty-five and eighty-four one hun-
dredths feet from aforesaid Mark 20; thence south fifteen
degrees, thirty-four minutes, eight seconds west, true bear-
ing, one thousand ninety-two and eighty-seven one hun-
dredths feet to point PE in latitude, six thousand one hun-
dred sixty-seven and six one hundredths feet north and
longitude four thousand two hundred eighty-nine and one
tenth feet west, said point PE being located south twenty-
seven degrees, seven minutes, forty-seven seconds west,
true bearing, four hundred seventy-three and seventy-six
one hundredths feet from aforesaid Mark 20; thence south
forty-one degrees, fifty-six minutes, forty-one seconds east,
true bearing, one thousand thirty-seven and six tenths feet
to point PF in latitude five thousand three hundred ninety-
five and three tenths feet north and longitude three thousand
five hundred ninety-five and fifty-five one hundredths feet
west, said PF being located south forty-one degrees, ten
minutes, forty-seven seconds east, true bearing, three Iiuut
dred fifteen and two tenths feet from Mark 21 on the south-
erly side of the New Bedford and Fairhaven bridge near the
westerly side of Popes island; thence north sixty-seven
degrees, forty minutes, fifty seconds east, true bearing, one
thousand four hundred ninety-four and ninety-two one hun-
dredths feet to point PA the point of beginning.
Beginning at point FA in latitude four thousand seven
hundred thirty-nine and three one hundredths feet north
and longitude four thousand six hundred fifty and twenty-
two one hundredths feet west, said point FA being located
south sixteen degrees, thirty-seven minutes, twenty-three
seconds east, true bearing, one hundred fourteen and two
one hundredths feet from Mark 26 on the southeasterly
corner of the Standard Oil Company wharf on Fish island;
thence north twenty-eight degrees, fifty-five minutes,
twenty-three seconds east, true bearing, five hundred
seventy-three and thirty-four one hundredths feet to point
FB in latitude five thousand two hundred forty and eighty-
five one hundredths feet north and longitude four thousand
three hundred seventy-two and ninety-four one hundredths
feet west, said point FB being located south twenty-four
84
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 80.
Harbor lines in
the Acushnet
river and
Fairhaven and
New Bedford
harbors,
established.
degrees, twelve minutes, forty-one seconds east, true bear-
ing, one hundred four and sixty-one one hundredths feet
from Mark 22 on the southerly side of New Bedford and
Fairhaven bridge at the easterly side of Fish island; thence
north twenty degrees, four minutes, thirty-seven seconds
west, true bearing, six hundred forty-four and nineteen one
hundredths feet to point FC in latitude five thousand eight
hundred forty-five and eighty-nine one hundredths feet
north and longitude four thousand five hundred ninety-four
and eight one hundredths feet west, said point FC being
located north twenty-two degrees, thirty-two minutes,
forty-nine seconds east, true bearing, forty-six and forty-six
one hundredths feet from Mark 23 near the northeasterly
corner of John Duff's wharf on Fish island; thence south
sixty-nine degrees, twenty-nine minutes, seventeen seconds
west, true bearing, two hundred thirty-nine and one one
hundredth feet to point FD in latitude five thousand seven
hundred sixty-two and fourteen one hundredths feet north
and longitude four thousand eight hundred seventeen and
ninety-three one hundredths feet west, said point FD being
located north eighty degrees, forty-seven minutes, ten
seconds west, true bearing, seventy-three and twenty-three
one hundredths feet from Mark 24 near the northwesterly
corner of John Duff's wharf on Fish island; thence south
eleven degrees, three minutes, forty-one seconds west,
true bearing, seven hundred eighty-six and sixty-one one
hundredths feet to point FE in latitude four thousand nine
hundred ninety and fourteen one hundredths feet north and
longitude four thousand nine hundred sixty-eight and eighty-
five one hundredths feet west, said point FE being located
south thirty-eight degrees, thirty minutes, thirty-six seconds
west, true bearing, one hundred seventy-eight and fifty-two
one hundredths fe(>t from Mark 25 on the southerly side of
New Bedford and Fairhaven bridge near the westerly side
of Fish island; thence south four degrees, twelve minutes,
thirty-seven seconds east, true bearing, fifty-one and thirty-
nine one hundredths feet to point FF in latitude four
thousand nine hundred thirty-eight and eighty-nine one hun-
dredths feet north and longitude four thousand nine hun-
dred sixty-five and eight one hundredths feet west, said
point FF being located south twenty-nine degrees, twenty-
one minutes, nine seconds west, true bearing, two hundred
nineteen and seven one hundredths feet from Mark 25 above
described; thence south, twenty degrees, twenty minutes,
four seconds east, true bearing, one hundred thirty-one and
twenty-two one hundredths feet to point FG in latitude four
thousand eight hundred fifteen and eighty-four one hun-
dredths feet north and longitude four thousand nine hun-
dred nineteen and forty-eight one hundredths feet west,
said point FG being located south eleven degrees, seven
minutes, fifty-four seconds west, true bearing, three hun-
dred twenty and one one hundredth feet from Mark 25
above described; thence south seventy-four degrees, four
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 81, 82. 85
minutes, thirty-seven seconds east, true bearing, two hun-
dred eighty feet to point FA, the point of beginning.
Section 2. The harbor hues hereinbefore described are pian of harbor
shown on a plan filed in the office of the department of 'Jt"^* ""^ '^'^•
public works, entitled "Harbor Lines, Acushnet River,
Fairhaven and New Bedford Harbors, in Acushnet, Fair-
haven and New Bedford, Scale 1-4000. Jan. 1929. Francis
L. Sellew, Dist. Waterways Engineer, Ace. 0879."
Section 3. All harbor lines previously established in certain
Acushnet river. New Bedford and Fairhaven harbors, are ^Xwisife'd
hereby abolished. aboHshed"^^
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1929.
An Act to relieve certain municipal officers from (JJiQp^ g\
LIABILITY TO THEIR MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE LOSS OF
PUBLIC MONEYS BY REASON OF THE LIQUIDATION OF
CERTAIN DEPOSITORIES THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter forty-four of the General Laws is hereby amended Skkin IVtir
by inserting after section fifty-five the following new sec- § 55.
tion : — Section 65 A . A city or town officer receiving public Certain
money and lawfully and in good faith and in the exercise of ™ffic"e'r8 Relieved
due care depositing the same in a savings bank or trust ['„°"^gji?'''''*^^
company organized under the laws of the commonwealth municipalities
or in a national bank doing business in the commonwealth p°ubilc*' moneys
shall not be personally liable to the city or town for any ^^^''if ^°j°/ion
loss of such mone}^ by reason of the closing up of such de- of certain
pository for the liquidation of its affairs. twif""''
Approved March 8, 1929.
An Act relative to the taking, possession or sale QJiap. 82
OF GREAT NORTHERN PIKE OR MUSCALLONGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws is g. l. no new
hereby amended by inserting after section sixty-two A, in- f62A"*
serted by chapter two hundred and twelve of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the following new
section: — Section 62B. No person shall take from the Taking, posses-
waters of this commonwealth, or sell, offer for sale, or have gr°eat°nor'the°rn
in possession a great northern pike or muscallonge so taken P'};sg°[|onge
between February fifteenth and May thirtieth following, regulated.
both dates inclusive, nor at any time take or have in pos-
session a great northern pike or muscallonge less than twenty
inches in length so taken unless taken by a person lawfully
fishing and immediately returned alive to the water whence
it was taken. Violation of any provision of this section Penalty,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more
than twenty-five dollars for each fish so taken, sold, offered
for sale or had in possession. Approved March 8, 1929.
86
Acts, 1929. -- Chaps. 83, 84, 85.
G. L. 131, § 58,
etc., amended.
ChaV. 83 ^^ ^*^'r PROVIDING for the protection OF CERTAIN ANIMALS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section fifty-eight of chapter one hundred and thirty-one
of the General Laws, as amended by section three of chapter
ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, by chapter three hundred and thirty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five and by chapter two
hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
■ twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the third hne, the word "quadruped" and inserting in
place thereof the word: — animal, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Section 68. Whoever places poison in any form
whatsoever for the purpose of killing any animal shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less
than three months nor more than one year, or both; pro-
vided, that this section shall not prohibit any person from
placing in his orchard or in or near his house, barn or other
buildings poison for the purpose of destroying rats, wood-
chucks or other pests of like nature, or from placing with
like intent under the surface of his lands carbon disulphide
in any of its forms or any other poison applied in a manner
similar to that in which carbon disulphide is apphed. Pos-
session of the raw fur of any quadruped killed by poison,
except rats, woodchucks or other pests of like nature, shall
be prima facie evidence that the person having such pos-
session has violated this section.
Approved March 8, 1929.
Placing of
poison for
killing of
animals
prohibited.
Proviso.
Possession of
raw fur of
certain
quadrupeds
killed by
poison to be
prima facie
evidence of
violation.
ChaV 84 ^^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING THE UNITED BANCROFT HOTEL COM-
PANY TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A BUILDING UPON ITS
PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF WORCESTER TO A HEIGHT OF
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE FEET ABOVE TPIE STREET
GRADE.
United Ban-
croft Hotel
Company
may build and
maintain a
building upon
its property
in city of
Worcester to a
height of 155
feet above
street grade.
Chap. 85
G. L. 194, § 1,
amended.
Public
administrators,
appointment,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The United Bancroft Hotel Company may erect and/or
alter a building upon its land situated on Franklin, Portland
and Federal streets in the city of Worcester to a height of
one hundred and fifty-five feet above street grade, subject
otherwise to the building laws, rules and regulations ap-
plicable in said city. Approved March 8, 1929.
An Act providing for an additional public adminis-
trator IN THE county OF SUFFOLK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-four of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"Middlesex" in the second line the words: ^ — and in Suf-
folk, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. There shall be
in each county one or more public administrators, not ex-
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 86, 87. 87
ceeding six in Middlesex and in Suffolk or five in any other
county, appointed by the governor with the advice and
consent of the council, who shall hold office for five years
from the time of their appointment.
Approved March 8, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of hopkinton to borrow (Jhnj) c«
MONEY FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of enlarging and improving Town of
its water supply, the town of Hopkinton may borrow, from ,n°^''borr°ow
time to time within five years from the passage of this act, money for
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the ag- purpoles^^^
gregate, sixty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Hopkinton Water Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue Hopkinton
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid ][^t^^n929'
in not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebted-
ness incurred hereunder shall be outside the statutory limit
of indebtedness, but shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to the provisions of chapter forty-four. General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 9, 1929.
An Act authorizing the city of chicopee to borrow (JJid'j) §7
money for central heating plant, city hall and
LIBRARY purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a central chko°^
heating plant and remodelling its city hall and public library may borrow
buildings, the city of Chicopee may borrow, from time to Antral h'eating
time within a period of five years from the passage of this {^!^^"and'^^
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the library
aggregate fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or p"''p°^^^-
notes therefor which shall bear on their face the words,
Chicopee Municipal Building Loan, Act of 1929. Each chicopee
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such Bi^"dTnT'
loans shall be paid in not more than ten years from their ^"f"', ,9,9
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of
such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be
raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred hereunder shall be within the statutory
limit and shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 9, 1929.
88
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 88, 89, 90.
1924, 488, § 16,
par. (8)
amended.
Building
area pro-
visions not
applicable to
certain lots
under Boston
zoning law.
Chap. 88 An Act relative to the building area of certain lots
UNDER the boston ZONING LAW, SO-CALLED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (8) of section sixteen of chapter
four hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four is hereby amended by striking out, in
the second and third Hnes of said paragraph, the words
"may be increased thirty per cent" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — provisions herein shall not apply, —
so as to read as follows: — (8) In a sixty-five foot or eighty
foot district on a lot where no yard is required the building
area provisions herein shall not apply.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 9, 1929.
Chap. 89 An Act authorizing la ligue' des patriotes to hold
REAL ESTATE AND CONFIRMING TITLE TO ITS PRESENT
HOLDINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The corporation known as La Ligue des
Patriotes located in the city of Fall River and incorporated
under general law, is hereby authorized to hold real estate
in said city to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
All of said property and the income derived therefrom shall
be used for the purposes of said corporation as set forth in
its charter or certificate of incorporation.
Section 2. The title of said corporation to all real estate
standing in its name on the effective date hereof, in so far
as it is affected by lack of statutory authority for the in-
vestment of funds of such corporations in real estate, is
hereby confirmed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 9, 1929.
Chap. 90 An Act authorizing an increase in the number of
TRUSTEES of THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF
WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The number of authorized trustees of The
Memorial Hospital in the city of Worcester, incorporated
under the name of Trustees of the Memorial Hospital by
chapter eighty-seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and
seventy-one and whose name was changed to its present one
by chapter twelve of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-one, may be increased to such number, not exceeding
twenty-one, as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the
by-laws of the corporation. Any additional trustees pro-
vided for by said by-laws shall be elected by vote of at least
two thirds of the then existing trustees.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 9, 1929.
La Ligue des
Patriotes may
hold real
estate to
certain
amount in
citv of
Fall River.
Title to
present
holdings
confirmed.
The Memorial
Hospital in
city of
Worcester,
number of
trustees in-
creased, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 91, 92. 89
An Act relative to the powers of the division of (JJi^p^ gi
PLANT pest control IN RESPECT TO WHITE PINE BLISTER
RUST.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-eight of ^c^ameAded^'
the General Laws, as amended in section twenty-two by '
section one of chapter fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section twenty-two and inserting in place thereof
the following : — Section 22. If the director, either per- Powers of
sonally or through his assistants, finds ribes, that is, any piaJftTes"/
variety of currants or gooseberries, whether wild or culti- ""^^llf f^^°
vated, or five leafed pines, which are either infected with blister rust.
white pine blister rust, or so situated that in his opinion they
are likely to become so infected, he or his assistants may
destroy or cause to be destroyed such ribes or five leafed
pines. In carrying out his duties under this section the
director shall as far as practicable co-operate with the state
forester, local tree wardens, moth superintendents, city
foresters and forest wardens.
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-eight, g. l. 128, § 25,
, 1 • ,• , ,£• 1 .• J. {• -J etc., amended.
as amended m section twenty-five by section two 01 said
chapter fifty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section twenty-five and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 25. In case of objection to the Appeals to
proposed action of the director or his assistants in executing ofTgricuiture
any provision of sections sixteen to thirty-one, inclusive, an ^^p^^^jf^fP"^'''^
appeal in writing may be taken within ten days to the director, etc.
commissioner, and the appeal shall operate as a stay of pro-
ceedings until it has been heard and decided by the com-
missioner, whose decision shall be final.
Approved March 9, 1929.
An Act to establish a two year term of office for the nh„^ no
MAYOR OF the CITY OF HOLYOKE. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. At the municipal election to be held in the Two year term
city of Holyoke in the year nineteen hundred and twenty- for°mayorof
nine and in every odd-numbered year thereafter, there shall ^y^ °^^^
be elected a mayor who shall hold office for two years from established,
the first Monday of January next following his election and
until his successor is elected and qualified.
Section 2. So much of chapter four hundred and i^go*n^"atent
thirty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, provisions of
and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as ''''* repealed,
is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance submission to
to the registered voters of the city of Holyoke at the annual ^° ''"' ^ '^'
city election to be held in said city in the current year, in
the form of the following question which shall be placed
90
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 93.
upon the official ballot to be used at said election: "Shall
an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, entitled 'An Act to establish a
two year term of office for the mayor of the city of Holyoke ',
be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said ques-
tion are in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take full
effect, otherwise it shall be of no effect and the person
elected mayor of said city at said election shall hold office
for one year only from the first Monday of January follow-
ing his election and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Approved March 9, 1929.
Chap. 93 An Act relative to the form of application for bal-
lots BY ABSENT VOTERS.
G. L. 54, § 87,
etc., amended.
Form of
application
for ballots
by absent
voters.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eighty-seven of chapter fifty-four of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter thirty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended
by striking out paragraph (b) and inserting in place thereof
the following: — (6) Blank forms of application for such
ballots, worded as follows:
I, , hereby apply for an official absent voting
ballot. I am a legal resident of the city or town of
and a duly registered voter at
(Street and Number)
(City or Town)
and, as I believe, entitled to vote at the next state election
at precinct ,ward ,
in the city or town of
(Signature) (Date)
Mail official absent voting ballot to
(Street and Number)
(City or Town)
(State)
(If in the service of the United States, the apphcant
will fill out the following:) I am in the military, naval,
civil service of the United States, and my rank or official
position is
(Signature) (Date)
We, the undersigned, a majority of the registrars of
voters of the of , hereby
certify that the above signature, to the best of our knowledge
and belief, appears to be genuine, and that we believe said
is a duly registered voter in said pre-
cinct , ward , city or town
of Registrars of voters of
the of
Approved March 9, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 94, 95. 91
An Act relative to the amount of income legally (JJidf)^ 94
RECEIVABLE BY CERTAIN CHURCHES FROM CERTAIN GIFTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section nine of chapter sixty-eight of the General Laws is g. l 68. § 9,
hereby amended by striking out, in the second Hne, the word ^""^^
"two" and inserting in place thereof the word: — ten, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 9. The income of the gifts, income of
grants, bequests and devises made to or for the use of any ti^church'ea
one church shall not exceed ten thousand dollars a year, limited.
exclusive of the income of any parsonage land granted to or
for the use of the ministry. Approved March 9, 1929.
An Act establishing the office of assistant clerk for njiQ'r) 95
THE municipal COURT OF THE BRIGHTON DISTRICT OF THE ^'
CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section ten of chapter two hundred and ^g^^mended''
eighteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended by
chapter one hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "district" the first time it occurs in
the tenth line the words: — , the municipal court of the
Brighton district, — so as to read as follows: — Section 10. ^'^J[^*'*
The clerk of a district court may, subject to the approval assistant
of the justice, appoint one or more assistant clerks, who shall appointment.
be removable at his pleasure or at the pleasure of the court, etc.
for whose official acts the clerk shall be responsible and who
shall be paid by him unless salaries payable by the county are
authorized in this section or in section fifty-three. Assistant
clerks with salaries payable by the county may be appointed
in the central district court of northern Essex, the municipal
court of the Charlestown district, the municipal court of the Municipal
Brighton district, the district court of western Hampden, the BHght°on
district court of Newton, the district court of northern Nor- district.
folk and in courts the judicial districts of which have, accord-
ing to the national or state census last preceding, a popula-
tion of sixty thousand or more. Second assistant clerks with Second
salaries payable by the county may be appointed in the cflrkJ!"*
municipal court of the Roxbury district, the East Boston appointment.
district court, the municipal court of the Charlestown dis-
trict, the municipal court of the West Roxbury district, and,
subject to the approval of the county commissioners, in the
first district court of eastern Middlesex, the third district
court of eastern Middlesex, the district court of southern
Essex and the third district court of Bristol. Third assistant Third assistant
clerks with salaries payable by the county may be appointed appomtment.
in the municipal court of the Roxbury district and, subject etc.
to the approval of the county commissioners, in the first dis-
trict court of eastern Middlesex and the third district court
of eastern Middlesex.
92
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 96, 97, 98, 99.
tocHy^^'"" Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
council of during the current year by vote of the city council of the
oston, etc. ^-^^ ^£ Bostou, subjcct to the provisions of its charter, but
not otherwise. Approved March 9, 1929.
Chap. 96 An Act relative to the united Presbyterian church in
FALL river.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The United Presbyterian Church in Fall River is hereby
authorized to receive and enjoy the income of any gifts,
grants, bequests or devises made to it or for its use to a total
amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars a year.
Approved March 9, 1929.
The United
Presbyterian
Church in
Fall River
may receive
income of
gifts, etc., to
certain amount.
Chap. 97 An Act relative to the filing of certificates of in-
crease OF CAPITAL STOCK OF CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS
corporations.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section thirty-nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-eight
of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new sentence: — If such a certificate is
not filed as aforesaid within said period of thirty days, it
may thereafter be received by the commissioner for examina-
tion in accordance with section forty-one upon payment to
him of such sum, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, as he may
determine, and be filed as hereinbefore provided, subject to
the provisions of sections forty-one and forty-three to the
same extent as if such certificate had been filed as aforesaid
within said period. Approved March 9, 1929.
Chap. 98 An Act relative to the property-holding powers of
THE trustees OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY.
G. L. 158, § 39,
amended.
Filing of
certificates
of increase of
capital stock
of certain
miscellaneous
corporations.
Trustees of
Phillips
Academy,
Eroperty-
olding
powers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Trustees of Phillips Academy shall be capable of
taking and holding in fee simple or any less estate by gift,
grant, bequest, devise or otherwise any lands, tenements
or other estate, real or personal, without limitation as to
amount. Approved March 9, 1929.
Chap. 99 An Act authorizing the cities of everett and malden
TO contract with each other relative to the con-
struction OF certain sidewalks, edgestones and
streets.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The cities of Everett and Maiden may con-
tract with each other, upon such terms as may be mutually
agreed upon, for the construction and building of streets
now forming the boundary fines between said cities, and the
sidewalks and edgestones of such streets.
Cities of
Everett and
Maiden may
contract with
each other for
the con-
struction of
certain
sidewalks, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 100, 101. 93
Section 2. Any estate in either of Said cities which re- Betterment
ceives benefit by reason of sidewalks, edgestones or streets etc!^^
constructed under a contract or contracts made under au-
thority of this act, shall be subject to assessments therefor,
such assessments to be levied and collected by the city in
which the estate is situated in the manner and to the extent
now provided by law for the levy and collection of sidewalk,
edgestone and betterment assessments in that city.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 11, 1929.
An Act authorizing thomas j. wood of the town of Chap. 100
ATHOL TO FILE A PETITION FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF DAM-
AGES SUSTAINED BY REASON OF A CERTAIN LAND TAKING
BY SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Thomas J. Wood of Athol may, within six Thomas j.
months from the effective date of this act, file a petition At°hoimay
under section fourteen of chapter seventy-nine of the General f^'^ asfe'ssment
Laws for the assessment of damages sustained by him by of damages
reason of the taking by the town of Athol of land owned by r^*son"of a*'^
him for street widening purposes, notwithstanding any t^k\n'"b''"M,id
limitations prescribed by law as to the time for filing such a town.
petition.
Section 2. This act shalUtake effect upon its passage.
A pproved March 11,1 929.
An Act providing that written demands of the regis- PJku) 101
trar of motor vehicles for the return of cer-
tificates of registration and licenses to operate
may be used temporarily in lieu thereof.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eleven of chapter ninety of the General Laws is o. l. 9o, § ii.
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: a'"e°'ie<i-
— If, in comphance with a written demand of the registrar
or any of his authorized agents, a certificate of registration
or hcense to operate is returned for inspection or for any
other purpose, except for suspension or revocation, such
written demand shall be carried in lieu of the certificate or
license, as the case may be, and for the period of thirty
days from its date said demand shall have the same force
and effect given to the certificate or license by this chap-
ter, — so as to read as follows: — Section 11. Every person certificate of
operating a motor vehicle shall have the certificate of regis- ifclnsrtoTe''"^
tration for the vehicle and of the trailers, if any, and his carried by
, • . , 1 • • i 1 1 • 1 • operator of
license to operate, upon his person or m the vehicle in some motor vehicle,
easily accessible place, except that the certificates of regis-
tration of dealers need not so be carried. If for any reason Temporary
the registrar or his agents are unable to issue promptly to "or^fei^^fd'i'n
an applicant the certificate of registration or the license ap- lieu of certifi-
94
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 102.
Temporary
use of written
demands of
registrar for
return of
certificates of
registration or
license in lieu
of certificate,
etc.
plied for, they may issue a receipt for the fee paid, and
said receipt shall be carried in heu of the certificate or license
as the case may be, and for the period of thirty days from
the date of its issue said receipt shall have the same force
and effect given to the certificate or license by this chapter.
If, in comphance with a written demand of the registrar or
any of his authorized agents, a certificate of registration or
license to operate is returned for inspection or for any other
purpose, except for suspension or revocation, such written
demand shall be carried in lieu of the certificate or license,
as the case may be, and for the period of thirty days from
its date said demand shall have the same force and effect
given to the certificate or license by this chapter.
Approved March 11, 1929.
Chap. 102 An Act relative to the signing and sealing of stock
CERTIFICATES OF BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
G. L. 156, § 33,
etc., amended.
Certificates of
stocli of
business
corporations,
signing,
sealing, etc.
To contain
statement of
certain
limitations
and preferences
or a notification
as to record
of same.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the General Laws,
as amended in section thirty-three by chapter one hundred
and twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section S3.
Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate, in form
conformable to section fifteen, which shall be signed by the
president or a vice president and either the treasurer or an
assistant treasurer of the corporation, shall be sealed with
its seal and shall certify the number of shares, and the class
thereof, owned by him in such corporation; but when any
such certificate is signed by a transfer agent or transfer clerk
and by a registrar and the registrar is not the same person,
partnership, association, trust or corporation as the transfer
agent or transfer clerk, the signature of the president or a
vice president or of the treasurer or an assistant treasurer
or the seal of the corporation upon such certificate may be
a facsimile thereof, engraved or printed, and such certificate
shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if signed
by such officer, or sealed with its corporate seal, as the case
may be. Each certificate of stock, which by the agreement
of association or amended agreement of association or, in
the case of a corporation created by special law, by its
articles of organization or by amendment is limited as to its
voting rights or is preferred as to its dividend or as to its
share of assets upon dissolution, shall have plainly written,
printed or stamped thereon either a sufficient statement of
such limitation or preference or a notification that its pref-
erences, voting powers, restrictions and quahfications are
fixed in the agreement of association or articles of organ-
ization or amendments recorded in the office of the state
secretary. Approved March 11, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 103. 95
An Act relative to the sale of kosher food. Chav 103
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby amended ^jj^^^dg^j^ ^^^•
by striking out section one hundred and fifty-six and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 156. Who- Penalty for
ever falsely stamps or labels any can, jar or other package ing%tc^!^'i;Tns,
containing fruit or food of any kind, or permits such stamp- «t.c.
ing or labelling or violates either of the two preceding sec-
tions, or whoever sells or exposes for sale any meat or meat
product or any food containing meat ingredients or pre-
pared with meat substance or meat fat and falsely represents
the same to be kosher or as having been prepared in accord-
ance with the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements
either by direct statements, orally or in writing, or by the
display of the word "kosher" in any language or by the
display of any sign or mark in simulation of such word, or
by the display of any insignia, six-pointed star or any mark
which might reasonably be calculated to deceive or lead a
reasonable person to believe that a representation is being
made that the food sold is kosher or prepared in accord-
ance with the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements, or
whoever sells or exposes for sale both kosher and non-kosher
meat or meat products or food containing meat ingredients
or prepared with meat substance or meat fat, and at the
same time displays a sign on his door or window or any-
where in front of his place of business where such food
products are sold bearing the word "kosher" in any language
or any sign or mark in simulation of such word or of any
insignia, six-pointed star or any mark which might reason-
ably be calculated to lead a reasonable person to believe
that the food sold in such place is kosher or prepared in
accordance with the orthodox Hebrew religious require-
ments, and who fails to display on his window-signs and all
display advertising in block letters at least four inches in
height "non-kosher food also sold here", shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five
hundred dollars; and whoever knowingly sells such goods
so falsely stamped or labelled shall be punished by a fine of
not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
This section shall be enforced by the local board of health, Enforcement.
and for such purpose any person designated by it shall have
the right to enter at any reasonable time during business
hours upon premises where food represented to be kosher is
sold or exposed for sale and inspect such food.
Approved March 11, 1929.
96
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 104, 105.
Chap. 104 An Act relative to the erection and maintenance of
A HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUILDING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF
THE BACK BAY FENS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston, acting through its
health department, may erect and maintain a health de-
partment building within the limits of the Back Bay Fens,
if the mayor and city council of said city so determine. The
location of said building shall be subject to the approval of
the park department of said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance, during the current year, by vote of the city council of
said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Ay-proved March 11, 1929.
City of Boston
may erect a
health
department
building
within limits
of Back Bay
Fens, etc.
Submission to
city council,
etc.
G. L. 123,
§ lOOA,
etc., amended.
Chap. 105 An Act making accessible to probation officers certain
reports relative to THE MENTAL CONDITION OF CERTAIN
PERSONS HELD FOR TRIAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one hundred A of chapter one hundred and twenty-
three of the General Laws, as inserted by chapter four
hundred and fifteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, and as amended by chapter three hundred and
thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
by chapter one hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five and by section one of chapter fifty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "court"
in the twenty-third line the words : — , the probation officer
thereof, — so as to read as follows: — Section 100 A. When-
ever a person is indicted by a grand jury for a capital offense
or whenever a person, who is known to have been indicted
for any other offense more than once or to have been pre-
viously convicted of a felony, is indicted by a grand jury or
bound over for trial in the superior court, the clerk of the
court in which the indictment is returned, or the clerk of the
district court or the trial justice, as the case may be, shall
give notice to the department of mental diseases, and the
department shall cause such person to be examined with a
view to determine his mental condition and the existence of
any mental disease or defect which would affect his criminal
responsibility. Whenever the probation officer of such court
has in his possession or whenever the inquiry which he is
required to make by section eighty-five of chapter two hun-
dred and seventy-six discloses facts which if known to the
clerk would require notice as aforesaid, such probation
officer shall forthwith communicate the same to the clerk
who shall thereupon give such notice unless already given.
The department shall file a report of its investigation with
the clerk of the court in which the trial is to be held, and the
Investigation
by department
of mental
diseases of
mental
condition of
certain persons
held for trial.
Probation
officer to give
certain facts
to clerk, etc.
Filing of report
with clerk of
court, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 106, 107. 97
report shall be accessible to the court, the probation officer
thereof, the district attorney and to the attorney for the
accused. In the event of failure by the clerk of a district Failure of
court or the trial justice to give notice to the department as department,
aforesaid, the same shall be given by the clerk of the superior ^^''■
court after entry of the case in said court. Upon giving the Certification of
notice required by this section the clerk of a court or the trial
justice shall so certify on the papers. The physician making Fees, etc., of
such examination shall, upon certification by the department, n|?ikTng^°
receive the ,same fees and traveling expenses as provided in examination.
section seventy-three for the examination of persons com-
mitted to institutions and such fees and expenses shall be
paid in the same manner as provided in section seventy-four
for the payment of commitment expenses. Any clerk of court Penalty for
or trial justice who wilfully neglects to perform any duty by^c!erk°of "'^
imposed upon him by this section shall be punished by a fine <'°"''*' ^*°-
of not more than fifty dollars. Approved March 11, 1929.
An Act authorizing the department of public health (JJidj) \QQ
TO make regulations for the inspection, handling,
STORAGE, sale AND EXCHANGE OF GAME, POULTRY AND
CERTAIN OTHER MEAT INTENDED FOR FOOD PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 94, new
amended by inserting after section one hundred and forty- section after
seven the following new section: — Section 147 A. The Department
department of public health may make regulations for the ?^Ph^'^^
inspection of game, poultry, and other meat except that of inake reguia-
cattle, sheep or swine, intended for sale or exchange for use iJTspMtfon^'etc.,
as food, and as to the conditions under which such game, of game, etc.
poultry and other meat may be handled, stored, sold or
exchanged. Whoever violates any provision of such a regu- Penalty for
lation shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty ^'oi^tion.
dollars. Approved March 11, 1929.
An Act relative to seals of certain voluntary associa- QJiap, 107
TIONS AND TRUSTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause twenty-ninth of section seven of chap- g. l. 4, § 7.
ter four of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting ^tath, ^^^^^^'
after the word "corporation" in the second line of said clause amended,
the words : — , or of an association or trust as defined in
section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-two or of the
trustee or trustees of such an association or trust, — so as
to read as follows: — Twenty-ninth, If the seal of a court. Meaning of^
public office, public officer or corporation, or of an association i^^con'strulng
or trust as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and statutes.
eighty-two or of the trustee or trustees of such an association
or trust, is required by law to be affixed to a paper, the word
"seal" shall mean either an impression of the official seal
98
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 10§.
G. L. 182, § 6.
etc., amended.
Voluntary
associations
and trusts,
use of seals,
etc.
upon the paper or an impression on a wafer or wax affixed
thereto.
Section 2. Section six of chapter one hundred and
eighty-two of the General Laws, as amended by section five
of chapter two hundred and ninety of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new paragraph : —
An association or trust may have a seal, which it may alter
at pleasure, and which may be used by the trustee or trustees
of such association or trust as his or their seal. An impres-
sion of a seal purporting to be the seal of such an association
or trust shall be sufficient for all purposes without the use of
a wafer or wax. Approved March 11, 1929.
Chap
.108 An Act relative to the participation of local camps
OF THE sons of UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR IN
THE MUNICIPAL OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY AND
OTHER PATRIOTIC HOLIDAYS.
Emergency
preamble.
G.L. 40, § 5,
el. (12), etc.,
amended.
Cities and
towns may ap-
propriate
money for
decoration of
soldiers' graves
and for ob-
servance of
Memorial Day
and other
gatriotio
olidays, etc.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in
part defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of chapter forty of the General Laws, as
amended in clause (12) by section six of chapter four hun-
dred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, by chapters two hundred and two and four
hundred and one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, by chapter sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, by chapter nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight and by chapter nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further
amended by striking out said clause (12) and inserting in
place thereof the following: — (12) For erecting headstones
or other monuments at the graves of persons who served in
the war of the revolution, the war of eighteen hundred and
twelve, the Seminole war, the Mexican war or the war of
the rebellion or who served in the military or naval service
of the United States in the Spanish American war or in the
World war; for acquiring land by purchase or by eminent
domain under chapter seventy-nine, purchasing, erecting,
equipping or dedicating buildings, or constructing or dedi-
cating other suitable memorials, for the purpose of properly
commemorating the services and sacrifices of persons who
served as aforesaid; for the decoration of the graves, monu-
ments or other memorials of soldiers, sailors and marines
who served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United
States in time of war or insurrection and the proper observ-
ance of Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays under
the auspices of the local posts of the Grand Army of the
Republic, United Spanish War Veterans, The American
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 109, 110. 99
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States and under the auspices of the Kearsarge Association
of Naval Veterans, Inc. and of local garrisons of the Army
and Navy Union of the United States of America and of
local chapters of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution and of a local camp of the Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil War in the case of a town in
which there is no post of the Grand Army of the Republic;
or for keeping in repair graves, monuments or other me-
morials erected to the memory of such persons or of its fire-
men who died from injuries received in the performance of
their duties in the fire service or for decorating the graves of
such firemen or for other memorial observances in their
honor. Money appropriated in honor of such firemen
may be paid over to, and expended for such purposes by,
any veteran firemen's association or similar organization.
Approved March 11, 1929.
An Act providing a penalty for trespass on boats, fhny ino
WHARVES or piers. ^ *
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one hundred and twenty of chapter two hundred G- ^'l^l' * ^^°'
and sixty-six of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "buildings" in the second line the
word: — , boats, — and by inserting after the word "land"
in the same line the words : — , wharf or pier, — so as to
read as follows : — >Secf?o?i 120. Whoever, without right, Penalty for
enters or remains in or upon the dwelling house, buildings, bufidtngs*,'*
boats or improved or enclosed land, wharf or pier of another, ''roygd Vj.™'
after having been forbidden so to do by the person who has enclosed land,
the lawful control of said premises, either directly or by piersretc?*^
notice posted thereon, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than twenty dollars. A person who is found com-
mitting such trespass may be arrested by a sheriff, deputy
sheriff, constable, watchman or police officer and kept in
custody in a convenient place, not more than twenty-four
hours, Sunday excepted, until a complaint can be made
against him for the offence, and he be taken upon a war-
rant issued upon such complaint.
Approved March 11, 1929.
C/iap. 110
An Act including claims for materials employed
among those which are required to be secured by
contractors and sub-contractors in connection
with the construction or repair of public works
FOR A county, city OR TOWN, AND REGULATING THE
APPLICATION OF SUCH SECURITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty- g. l. 149, § 29,
nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting ^n^ended.
after the word "used" in the fifth line the words: — or
100 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 111.
employed, — and by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: — , and shall, within one year after the filing of such
claim, file a petition in the superior court for the proper
county to enforce his claim or intervene in a petition already
Security for gjg(j — gQ ^s to read as follows: — Section 29. Officers or
payment oi ' • i i i c r
labor per- agents who coutract m behalf of any county, city or town
materia'i^used for the coustruction or repair of public buildings or other
consTructTon'of" P^iblic works shall obtain sufficient security, by bond or
public works othcrwisc, for payment by the contractor and sub-contrac-
c?tyVrTown! tors for labor performed or furnished and materials used or
Filing of employed in such construction or repair; but to obtain the
claim, etc. benefit of such security the claimant shall file in the office
of the county treasurer or of the city or town clerk a sworn
statement of his claim within sixty days after the claimant
ceases to perform labor or furnish labor or materials, and
shall, within one year after the filing of such claim, file a
petition in the superior court for the proper county to enforce
his claim or intervene in a petition already filed.
Approved March 11, 1929.
Chap. IW An Act regulating the application op security re-
quired OF contractors and sub-contractors in con-
nection with the construction or repair of public
works for the commonwealth.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^tc ^amended Scctiou thirty-ninc of chapter thirty of the General Laws,
as amended by chapter four hundred and sixteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further
amended by striking out all after the word "the" the first
time it occurs in the ninth line and inserting in place thereof
the following : — claimant ceases to perform labor or furnish
labor or materials, and shall, within one year after the
fifing of such claim, file a petition in the superior court for
the proper county to enforce his claim or intervene in a
petition already filed; and the provisions of chapter two
hundred and fifty-eight shall apply to such petitions, — so
Security against as to read as f ollows : — Section 39. Officers or agents con-
iTens on public tractiug in behalf of the commonwealth for the construction
buildings, etc. qj. repair of pubfic buildings or other pubHc works shall
obtain sufficient security, by bond or otherwise, for pay-
ment by the contractor and sub-contractors for labor per-
formed or furnished and for materials used or employed
Filing of in such coustruction or repair; but in order to obtain the
claim, etc. benefit of such security, the claimant shall file with such
officers or agents a sworn statement of his claim, within sixty
days after the claimant ceases to perform labor or furnish
labor or materials, and shall, within one year after the fifing
of such claim, file a petition in the superior court for the
proper county to enforce his claim or intervene in a petition
already filed; and the provisions of chapter two hundred
and fifty-eight shall apply to such petitions.
Approved March 11, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 112, 113. 101
An Act providing for a sitting of the Middlesex county Chav. 112
PROBATE COURT IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section sixty-two of chapter two hundred and fifteen of ^c.!^amfnded.'
the General Laws, as amended by chapters forty-one and
two hundred and fifty-seven, both of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, and by section one of chapter
three hundred and twenty-five and by chapter four hundred
and eighty-three, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out
the paragraph contained in lines forty-three to forty-seven,
inclusive, as printed in the General Laws, and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Middlesex, at Cambridge, when and
every Monday, every Tuesday except the third Tuesday of TreTieid!"'^ ^
each month, and every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, co'unty^^''
between the second Monday of September and the fourth
Tuesday of July, both dates inclusive, and the third Thurs-
day of August; at Lowell, the third Tuesday of each month
except August. Approved March 11, 1929.
C/iap. 113
An Act establishing a soldiers' memorial commis-
sion IN THE CITY OF HOLYOKE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L For the purpose of establishing and main- soldiers' Me-
taining a memorial or memorials in the city of Holyoke to mf/sion^in"*"
the men and women who served with the armed forces of city of Hoiyoke,
the United States or of any nation allied or associated ^^ ^ '^ ""''" '
with the United States in any war, there is hereby estab-
lished in said city an unpaid commission to be known as
the Soldiers' Memorial Commission of the city of Holyoke,
hereinafter called the commission, to consist of the mayor
and city treasurer, ex officiis, and five other members, four
of whom, as long as available, shall be men resident in said
city who were honorably discharged or released from active
world war service in the United States army, navy or marine
corps, or from service in the armed forces of any nation allied
or associated with the United States in the world war, who
shall be appointed in the manner and for the terms herein-
after provided. For the said purpose, the commission May receive
shall have power and authority to receive and hold gifts of gifts of rea' and
^ •' 1 ,, * , personal prop-
property, real and personal, from any and all sources, to erty, etc.
purchase real estate in said city and to contract for the
erection, care, maintenance and supervision of any building,
buildings, monument or monuments to be used as such a
memorial or memorials. Upon the organization of the city treasurer
commission and the furnishing of the bond required of the certain^money
city treasurer under section three, the said treasurer shall tocommis-
transfer to the account of the commission all moneys re- ^'°°'®°'
ceived by said city from the commonwealth under the pro-
102
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 114.
Appointment
of members,
terms, etc.
Vacancies.
City treasurer
to be custodian
of funds, etc.
Bond.
Annual re-
port, etc.
Submission
to board of
aldermen.
visions of chapter four hundred and eighty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and said moneys shall
thereupon be available for the purposes of this act.
Section 2. The mayor of said city shall appoint, not
later than September first in the current year, two members
of said commission to serve until the expiration of one year,
two members to serve until the expiration of two years, and
one member to serve until the expiration of three years,
from the first Monday in September in the current year,
and thereafter as the terms of members expire, successors
shall be appointed for terms of three years each. Vacancies
shall be filled in like manner for unexpired terms. The
members shall in all cases hold office until their successors
are qualified. The members of the commission as first
constituted shall meet and organize within thirty days after
all its members have been duly qualified.
Section 3. The city treasurer shall be the custodian of
all funds and securities received by the commission and
shall, as directed by the commission, invest and reinvest
said funds and the proceeds of said securities. He shall
furnish a bond satisfactory to the commission for the faith-
ful performance of his duties. The commission shall keep
a record of its doings, and shall annually make a report to
the city showing the total amount of its assets and their
investment and its receipts and disbursements during the
year preceding, setting forth in detail the sources of said
receipts and the purposes of the expenditures. Said report
shall be incorporated in the printed annual report of said
city.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,
prior to August first in the current year, by the board of
aldermen of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter,
but not otherwise. Approved March 11, 1929.
Chap. 114: An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAWRENCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Part II of chapter six hundred and twenty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby
amended by striking out section fifty-two and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 52. The salary of
the mayor shall be five thousand dollars per annum, and
the salary of each of the remaining four members of the
city council shall be four thousand dollars per annum.
These salaries shall be payable in equal monthly instalments.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Lawrence at its annual
city election in the current year in the form of the following
question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to
be used at said election: "Shall an act passed by the general
1911, 621, Part
II, § 52,
amended.
Salaries of
mayor and
other members
of city council
of city of
Lawrence.
Submission to
voters, etc.
fraternal benefit
society, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 115, 116. 103
court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, en-
titled 'An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and
other members of the city council of the city of Lawrence',
be accepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon
vote in the affirmative in answer to said question, this act
shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.
Approved March 13, 1929.
An Act relative to the Massachusetts blind men's Chap.Wb
BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Massachusetts Bhnd Men's Benefit Association, a Massachusetts
voluntary fraternal benefit association, as now or hereafter Bene'fitAsso-
constituted, is hereby authorized to transact business as a elation may
,..,,(., ^ ^ n , • i ^ ii •• c transact busi-
limited fraternal benefit society under the provisions oi ness as a limited
section forty-six of chapter one hundred and seventy-six of
the General Laws, and any amendments thereof, without
limiting its membership as provided in said section forty-
six and in section four of said chapter; but said association,
as now or hereafter constituted, and its officers and mem-
bers shall otherwise be subject to all of the provisions of
said section forty-six. Approved March 13, 1929.
An Act regulating the holding of real estate for QhaV-^-^^
BANKING PURPOSES BY TRUST COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the General ^c^amenJedV
Laws, as amended in section forty-one by chapter three
hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 41- Such corporation may hold real estate suitable Trust com-
for the transaction of its business, provided that if the hoki'^rearestate
aggregate amount invested and proposed to be invested for banking
therein, including the cost of alterations and additions in p"''p°^''^-
the nature of permanent fixtures, exceeds, directly or indi- ^''°^''^°-
rectly, twenty-five per cent of its capital actually paid in
and its surplus account, any such excess investment shall
be made only with the approval of the commissioner. The
amount of any mortgage on real estate owned by a trust
company directly or indirectly and in whole or in part used
by it for the transaction of its business, and the amount of
money invested by a trust company in the securities of any
corporation, trust or other organization which holds real
estate in whole or in part used for the transaction of the
business of such trust company or intended for such use,
shall be included in determining the amount of real estate
that may be held by such trust company under this section.
Approved March 13, 1929.
104
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 117, 118.
Chap. 117 An Act relative to the penalty for violation of the
LAWS relating TO THE WEEKLY PAYMENT OF WAGES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one hundred and forty-eight of chapter one hun-
dred and forty-nine of the General Laws, as most recently
amended by chapter one hundred and sixty-five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Whoever violates this section
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more
than fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the house of cor-
rection for not more than two months, or both.
Approved March I4, 1929.
G. L. 149, § 148,
etc., amended.
Penalty for
violation of
laws relating
to weekly pay-
ment of wages.
Chai
G. L. 136, § 6,
etc., amended.
[).118 An Act authorizing the sale, between certain hours
ON THE lord's DAY, OF BREAD BY LICENSED INNHOLDERS
AND COMMON VICTUALLERS AND CERTAIN OTHERS WHO
ARE AUTHORIZED BY LICENSE TO KEEP OPEN THEIR PLACES
OF BUSINESS ON THAT DAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section six of chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the
General Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven and by chapter two hundred and thirty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "week" in the eleventh
line the following: — ; the retail sale of bread, before ten
o'clock in the forenoon and between the hours of four
o'clock and half past six o'clock in the afternoon by licensed
innholders and by licensed common victuallers authorized
to keep open their places of business on the Lord's day and
by persons licensed under the following section to keep open
their places of business as aforesaid, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 6. The preceding section shall not pro-
hibit the manufacture and distribution of steam, gas or
electricity for illuminating purposes, heat or motive power;
the distribution of water for fire or domestic purposes;
the use of the telegraph or the telephone; the retail sale
of drugs and medicines, or articles ordered by the prescrip-
tion of a physician, or mechanical appliances used by phy-
sicians or surgeons; the retail sale of tobacco in any of its
forms by licensed innholders, common victuallers, druggists
and newsdealers whose stores are open for the sale of news-
papers every day in the week; the retail sale of bread,
before ten o'clock in the forenoon and between the hours
of four o'clock and half past six o'clock in the afternoon by
licensed innholders and by licensed common victuallers au-
thorized to keep open their places of business on the Lord's
day and by persons licensed under the following section to
keep open their places of business as aforesaid; the retail
Certain busi-
ness not
prohibited on
Lord's day.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 118. 105
sale of ice cream, soda water and confectionery by licensed certain busi-
innholders and druggists, and by such licensed common prohibited on
victuallers as are not also licensed to sell certain non-in- lord's day.
toxicating beverages, as defined in section one of chapter
one hundred and thirty-eight, and who are authorized to
keep open their places of business on the Lord's day; the
sale of ice cream, soda water, confectionery or fruit by
persons licensed under the following section or the keeping
open of their places of business for the sale thereof; work
lawfully done by persons working under permits granted
under section nine; the sale by licensed innholders and
common victuallers of meals such as are usually served by
them, consisting in no part of intoxicating liquors, which
meals are cooked on the premises but are not to be consumed
thereon; the operation of motor vehicles; the sale of gaso-
line and oil for use, and the retail sale of accessories for im-
mediate necessary use, in connection with the operation of
motor vehicles, motor boats and air craft; the letting of
horses and carriages or of boats; unpaid work on pleasure
boats; the running of steam ferry boats on established
routes; the running of street railway cars; the running of
steamboat lines and trains or of steamboats, if authorized
under section nineteen; the preparation, printing and pub-
lication of newspapers, or the sale and delivery thereof; the
wholesale or retail sale and delivery of milk, or the trans-
portation thereof, or the delivery of icecream; the making
of butter and cheese; the keeping open of public bath
houses; the making or selling by bakers or their employees,
before ten o'clock in the forenoon and between the hours
of four o'clock and half past six o'clock in the afternoon, of
bread or other food usually dealt in by them; whenever
Rosh Hashonah, or the Day of Atonement, begins on the
Lord's day, the retail sale and delivery of fish, fruit and
vegetables before twelve o'clock noon of that day; the
selling of kosher meat by any person who, according to his
religious belief, observes Saturday as the Lord's day by
closing his place of business during the day until six o'clock
in the afternoon or the keeping open of his shop on the
Lord's day for the sale of kosher meat between the hours of
six o'clock and ten o'clock in the forenoon; the performing
of secular business and labor on the Lord's day by any
person who conscientiously beheves that the seventh day
of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath and actually
refrains from secular business and labor on that day, if he
disturbs no other person thereby; the carrying on of the
business of bootblack before eleven o'clock in the forenoon;
the digging of clams; the icing and dressing of fish; the
cultivation of land, and the raising, harvesting, conserving
and transporting of agricultural products during the existence
of war between the United States and any other nation and
until the first day of January following the termination
thereof; the sale of catalogues of pictures and other works
of art in exhibitions held by societies organized for the
106
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 119, 120.
purpose of promoting education in the fine arts or the ex-
posure of photographic plates and films for pleasure, if the
pictures to be made therefrom are not intended to be sold
and are not sold. Approved March 14, 1929.
G. L. 229, § 1,
amended.
Damages for
death from
a defective
way, etc.
Chap.W^ An Act relative to the rights of the surviving hus-
band IN RESPECT TO ACTIONS FOR DEATH AND INJURIES
RESULTING IN DEATH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and
twenty-nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out the word "widow" wherever it occurs and in-
serting in place thereof, in each instance, the words: — sur-
viving wife or husband, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 1. If the life of a person is lost by reason of a defect
or a want of repair of or a want of a sufficient railing in or
upon a way, causeway or bridge, the county, city, town or
person by law obliged to repair the same shall, if it or he had
previous reasonable notice of the defect or want of repair or
want of railing, be liable in damages not exceeding one
thousand dollars, to be assessed with reference to the de-
gree of culpability of the defendant and recovered in an action
of tort commenced within one year after the injury causing
the death by the executor or administrator of the deceased
person, to the use of the surviving wife or husband and
children of the deceased in equal moieties, or, if there are
no children, to the use of the surviving wife or husband, or,
if there is no surviving wife or husband, to the use of the
next of kin.
Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and twenty-nine
is hereby further amended by striking out section four and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 4- If, as
the result of the negligence of an employer himself, or of a
person for whose negligence an employer is liable under
section one of chapter one hundred and fifty-three, an em-
ployee is instantly killed, or dies without conscious suf-
fering, the surviving wife or husband of the deceased or, if
there is no wife or husband surviving, the next of kin, who,
at the time of such death, were dependent upon the wages
of the deceased for support, shall have a right of action for
damages against the employer. This section shall not
apply to injuries caused to domestic servants or farm laborers
by fellow employees. Approved March 14, 1929.
G. L. 229, § 4,
amended.
Action against
employer for
death.
Chap. 120 An Act to permit trust companies to invest their
FUNDS IN THE STOCKS, BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF
INDEBTEDNESS OF CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS OR TRUSTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
?mendld'. ^ ^^' Scctlou thirty-three of chapter one hundred and seventy-
two of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "corporations" in the sixth fine the words: —
Acts, 1929. —Chap. 121. 107
or of associations or trusts, both as defined in chapter one
hundred and eighty-two, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 33. Such corporation may, subject to the limita- investment of
tions of the following section, advance money or credits, l^^l^^l^fJ"-"^*
, ii- 1 • 1 complines in
whether capital or general deposits, on real estate situated stocks, bonds
in the commonwealth and on personal security, on terms to dences^of^''
be agreed upon, and also invest its money or credits, whether o^'J.ertlfn ^^^
, capital or general deposits, in the stocks, bonds or other associations
evidences of indebtedness of corporations or of associations °^
or trusts, both as defined in chapter one hundred and eighty-
two, or of governments, both foreign and domestic.
Approved March 14, 1929.
An Act relative to group life insurance covering phr,^ loi
MEMBERS OF LABOR UNIONS. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General G- l. i75, § 133,
Laws, as amended in section one hundred and thirty-three ^ ''" '^'"'^" ^
by chapter one hundred and forty-one of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one and by section one of chapter
two hundred and forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section one hundred and thirty-three and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 133. Group life i'n- Group life
surance is hereby defined to be that form of life insurance ji°fined''^
covering (a) not less than fifty employees, with or without
medical examination, written under a policy issued to the
employer, the premium on which is to be paid by the em-
ployer or by the employer and employees jointly, and in-
suring only all of his employees, or all of any class or classes
thereof determined by conditions pertaining to the employ-
ment, or by duration of service in which case no employee
shall be excluded if he has been for one year or more in the
emplo}^ of the person taking out the policy, for amounts of
insurance based upon some plan precluding individual
selection, and for the benefit of persons other than the em-
ployer, provided, that when the premium is to be paid by Proviso,
the employer and employees jointly and the benefits of the
policy are offered to all eligible employees, not less than
seventy-five per cent of such employees may be so insured,
or not less than forty per cent if each employee belonging to
the insured group has been medically examined and found
acceptable for ordinary insurance by an individual pohcy;
or (6) the members of any trade union or other association
of wage workers described in section twenty-nine, with or
without medical examination, written under a policy issued
to such union or association, the premium on which is to be
paid by the union or association or by the union or association
and the members thereof jointly, and insuring all of the mem-
bers thereof for amounts of insurance based upon some plan
which will preclude individual selection, and for tlie benefit
of persons other than the union or association or any officers
108 Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 122, 123.
Proviso. thereof, provided, that when the premium is to be paid by
the union or association and its members jointly and the bene-
fits of the poHcy are offered to all members, not less than
seventy-five per cent of such members may be so insured,
and provided further that any member or members in-
sured under the policy may apply for amounts of insurance
additional to those granted by said policy, in which case any
percentage of the members may be insured for additional
amounts if they pass satisfactory medical examinations.
Approved March 14, 1929.
Chap. 122 An Act authorizing the city of quincy to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
may wo4°*'^ SECTION 1. For the purposc of constructing additions to
money for elementary and/or junior high school buildings where such
purposes, gj^^jj^j^j^g increase the floor space of said buildings, and
originally equipping and furnishing such additions, the city
of Quincy may borrow from time to time, within a period
of five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
Quincy School which shall bear on their face the words, Quincy School
1929"' "^ ° Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be
authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit but shall, except
as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof, as revised by chapter
three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 15, 1929.
Chap. 12S An Act relative to the payment by the county of
MIDDLESEX TO ARTHUR J. MAYNARD OF BRIDGEWATER OF
CERTAIN SUMS FOR EXPENSES INCURRED AND FOR SERVICES
PERFORMED FOR THE BENEFIT OF SAID COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^r'^'^ whereter SECTION 1. The words "cuiTcnt year" wherever used in
used in 1928, chapter three hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hun-
yearT929.''" ^ dred and twenty-eight shall include the year nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-nine.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 15, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 124, 125. 109
An Act authorizing the county of dukes county to (JfiQr) J24
ACQUIRE additional LAND AT SOUTH BEACH IN THAT PART ^'
OF THE TOWN OF EDGARTOWN KNOWN AS "kATAMA".
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For park purposes, the county commissioners Dukes county
of the county of Dukes county may take by eminent domain addiUoMi'knd
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws or acquire f^ that)y^t%T
by purchase, certain land at South Beach in that part of the Edgartown
town of Edgartown known as Katama, bounded and de- "Krtema."
scribed as follows: — westerly by land of Frederick Kattler
Trustee and land of the county of Dukes county; northerly
by Katama bay; easterly by land of Francis A. Foster; and
southerly by the Atlantic ocean. For the purpose of ac- Appropriation,
quiring such land as aforesaid, there is hereby appropriated,
and said county commissioners are hereby authorized to
levy as a part of the county tax of said county for the cur-
rent year, such sum as may be necessary therefor, not
exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March IS, 1929.
An Act authorizing the city of quincy to borrow Chap. 125
money for hospital purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of erecting an additional ^^ay bOTroi""^
building for the Quincy city hospital and originall}^ equip- money for hea-
ping and furnishing the same, the city of Quincy may bor- ^^^ purposes.
row from time to time, within a period of five years from
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Quincy Hospital Loan, Act of 1929. ^^f^o^n?'
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Act of 1929.
such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from
their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act
unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent
of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to
be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. One
half of the indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, and all indebtedness incurred
hereunder shall, except as provided herein, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 15, 1929.
no Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 126, 127.
Chap. 126 An Act giving to the supreme judicial and superior
COURTS JURISDICTION IN EQUITY IN MATTERS RELATIVE TO
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE PURPOSES OF GIFTS AND CON-
VEYANCES MADE TO COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^■^kmeAded SECTION 1. Section three of chapter two hundred and
fourteen of the General Laws, as amended by section three of
chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph : —
Equity j^uris- (^j) Suits to enforce the purpose or purposes of any gift
supreme judi- or convcyancc which has been or shall have been made to
c^urts1n"mat-°'^ and acccptcd by any county, city, town or other subdivision
ters reiati^ve^to Qf ^}^g commonwcalth for a specific purpose or purposes in
purposes of trust or otherwisc, or the terms of such trust, or, if it shall
veylncei made havc bccome impracticable to observe or carry out such
to counties, mu- purposc or purposcs, or such terms, or, if the occasion there-
mcipa 1 les. e c. -^^ g}^^^ havc terminated, to determine the purposes or uses
to which the property involved shall be devoted and enforce
the same. Such a suit shall be commenced only on petition
of the attorney general or, by leave of court, on petition of
ten tax-payers of such county, city, town or other subdivision.
The respondent in any such suit may set up such impracti-
cabihty or termination and request the judgment of the
court as to such other use of said property in its answer
without filing a cross bill or other independent proceeding.
In the case of a petition by ten tax-payers as aforesaid, the
attorney general shall be served with notice of the pre-
liminary petition for leave, and may intervene as a party at
any stage of the proceedings; and the petitioners shall be
liable for costs, including reasonable counsel fees in the dis-
cretion of the court, which may, also in its discretion, award
to the petitioners costs, including reasonable counsel fees,
to be paid by the respondent or out of the fund involved,
if any.
When operative. Section 2. This act shall become operative on Sep-
tember first of the current year.
Approved March 16, 1929.
Chap. 127 An Act to regulate the propagation of shellfish in
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^ll^%l^° Section 1. In cities and towns in Plymouth county,
Bheiifiahin the aldermen or selectmen may grant a written license for
county?*'' a term not exceeding fifteen years to any inhabitant of their
city or town to plant, grow and dig shellfish at all times of
the year, or to plant shells for the purpose of catching
oyster seed, upon and in any waters, flats and creeks therein,
at any place where there is no natural oyster bed; not, how-
ever, impairing the private rights of any person, nor ma-
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 127. Ill
terially obstructing any navigable waters. Such license Recording, etc.
shall describe by metes and bounds the waters, flats and
creeks so appropriated and shall be recorded by the city or
town clerk before it shall have any force, and the licensee Fee, etc.
shall pay to the aldermen or selectmen, to the use of the city
or town, two dollars, and to the clerk fifty cents. The shore
line of such licensed premises shall be the line of mean low
water for the planting and growing of shellfi.sh, and the line
of high water for the planting of shells, but this section shall
not authorize the placing of such shells upon the land of a
riparian owner between high and low water mark without
his written consent. Such license shall not be granted Public hearing,
until after a public hearing, due notice of which shall have p°^'"^'®°-
been posted in three or more public places in the city or town
where the premises are situated at least seven days before
the time fixed for such hearing, and shall be granted, as-
signed or transferred only to inhabitants of the city or town
where the licensed premises are situated, and shall not be
assigned or transferred without the written consent of the
aldermen or selectmen. The licensee, his heirs and assigns Licensee to have
shall, for the purposes aforesaid, have the exclusive use of of waTe^re,"ltc.
the waters, flats and creeks described in the license during
the time therein specified; and may, in tort, recover treble Recovery of
damages of any person who, without his or their consent, '^'^^'^ges, etc.
digs or takes shellfish or shells from such waters, flats or
creeks during the continuance of the license. The provisions g. l. 1.30, 5 121.
of section one hundred and twenty-one of chapter one hun- *° app'y- etc.
dred and thirty of the General Laws shall apply to licenses
and licensees under this section.
Section 2. No person shall dig, take or carry away any Digging, etc.,
shellfish or shells between one hour after sunset and one uponi'clnsed
hour before sunrise, by any method whatever, from any waters, etc.,
waters, flats or creeks for which a license has been granted ^'^° ' '*" '
under the preceding section. A licensee violating said Hcenle upon^
section shall, in addition to the other penalties provided, violation,
forfeit his license and the shellfish remaining on the licensed
premises.
Section 3. Whoever violates the preceding section, or Penalty for
whoever, without the consent of the licensee, digs or takes preced°ng'sec-
any shellfish or shells from any waters, flats or creeks de- *'°"' ^'■''■
scribed in any Hcense granted under section one during the
continuance of such license, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
not less than one nor more than six months, or both.
Section 4. Whoever works a dredge, oyster tongs or Penalty for
rakes, or any other implement for the taking of shellfish drTdge.^etc, for
of any description, upon any grounds or beds covered by a g^gh' upon I'Jf "'
license under section one, without the consent of the licensee, licensed
lessee or owner thereof, or whoever, while upon or sailing l^thout'con-'
over any such grounds or beds, casts, hauls, or has overboard f^^^ g^^.
any such dredge, tongs, rake or other implement for the
taking of shellfish of any description, under any pretence
or for any purpose whatever, without the consent of the
112
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 128, 129.
Powers of com
missioner or
department
licensee, lessee or owner, shall, for the first offence, be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than one month, and for a sub-
sequent offence, by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or
by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
affect the powers of the commissioner or department of
not^'affected!'''^ pubHc health to regulate the taking, marketing and trans-
portation of shellfish. Approved March 16, 1929.
C hap. 12S A.TSi Act relative to the supplementary registration
AS VOTERS OF PERSONS IN THE MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE
OF THE UNITED STATES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
am^dlV^"* Chapter fifty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out section fifty and inserting in place thereof
Supplementary the f ollowiug : ■ — Section 50. Any soldier or sailor in the
ofsoidters" service of the United States who had a legal residence in
and sailors. gj^y gj^^y qj. town iu the commouwealth at the time of enter-
ing said service, but who by reason of his being in the army
or navy was absent from the city or town during the periods
when sessions for listing or assessing and for registration
were held, may appear before the city or town clerk in any
city or town where such clerk is also a member of the board
of registrars, and, in any other city or town, before the
chairman of the board of registrars or board performing
like duties therein, during the regular office hours of such
clerk or chairman and, in accordance with this chapter,
prove his qualifications as a voter under section one and
be registered, if he so appears not less than three days
before the election; but such registration shall be subject
to the revision and acceptance of the board.
Approved March 16, 1929.
Chap. 129 An Act to authorize the city of haverhill to discon-
tinue A PUBLIC LANDING AND TO CONSTRUCT WHARVES
ON THE MERRIMACK RIVER IN SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Haverhill may discontinue and
close as a pubHc landing a city landing located on the Merri-
mack river, on the southerly side of Water street in said
city, and shown as city landing number seven on a plan on
file in the office of the city engineer of said city.
Section 2. The said city may construct wharves or
abutments and deposit filhng upon the land comprising said
landing, and may extend such wharves, abutments and filling
to the harbor line established by section one of chapter three
hundred and twenty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and five, subject, however, to the provisions of chapter
ninety-one of the General Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 18, 1929.
City of Haver-
hill may dis-
continue a
certain public
landing located
on Merrimack
May construct
wharves upon
land compris-
ing said
landing.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 130, 131. 113
An Act fixing the beginning of the official term of (JhnYf IQQ
CERTAIN ELECTIVE TOWN OFFICERS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p''®^™^'^-
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter forty-one of the General Laws, as amended in o. l. 4i, § io7,
section one hundred and seven by chapter eighteen of the «*<=■• ^n^ended.
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section one hundred
and seven and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 107. A person who is elected town clerk shall be Town clerk,
sworn either by the moderator or by a justice of the peace, "'^'^ °^ °^'^^'
and shall enter upon the performance of his duties on the Jn^Hng
seventh day succeeding his election or as soon thereafter as "pon duties.
he is qualified and shall hold office during the term fixed by
law, which shall begin on the seventh day succeeding his
election, and until another person is qualified in his stead.
Every person elected to any other town office designated by other town
name in section one, before entering upon his official duties oathTetc.
shall be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, either
by the moderator in open town meeting or by the town
clerk, and, unless other provision is specifically made by law,
shall enter upon the performance of his duties on the day
after his election, or as soon thereafter as he is qualified,
and shall hold office during the term fixed by law, which
shall begin on the day after said election, and until another
person is qualified in his stead.
Approved March 18, 1929.
An Act relative to attachments of real estate. Chav ISl
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and twenty-three of g- 1-223, § 66,
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section '"^^
sixty-six and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 66. If the copy of the writ is deposited, as afore- whenattach-
said, within three days after the day when the attachment J^"egt°te
was made the attachment shall take effect from the time it take effect.
was made, otherwise, from the time when the copy is so
deposited; but attachments of land, and of leasehold
estates which have an original term of more than seven
years, shall in no case be valid against purchasers in good
faith and for value, other than parties defendant, before the
time when the copy is deposited as aforesaid, and no at-
tachment shall be vahd against such purchasers as to any
particular parcel of land, or as to any particular leasehold
estate as aforesaid, in any case where the name of the owner
thereof under which he acquired title thereto as appears on
114 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 132.
the public records is not included in the writ unless the
writ is seasonably amended to include such name and then
only from the time when a correspondingly amended copy
is deposited as aforesaid.
ame^ndld." ^ ^^' Section 2. Sectiou sixty-five of said chapter two hun-
dred and twenty-three is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "name" in the fourth Hne the words: — or names,
— and by inserting after the word "attached" in the fifth
line the words: — as the same appear in such copy, — so
Duty^ of register as to read as follows: — Section 65. The register of deeds
shall note on every such copy the day, hour and minute
of its receipt, and shall file it in his office. He shall also
enter in a book which he shall keep for that purpose the
name of the plaintiff and the name or names of each de-
fendant whose land is attached as the same appear in such
copy, the time when the attachment was made and the time
when the copy was deposited. His fees may be taxed as
part of the plaintiff's costs. If a dissolution of an attach-
ment which has been so entered in a registry of deeds ap-
pears of record in the court in which the action is pending,
the clerk of such court shall forward to such register a
certificate of such dissolution, stating how such dissolution
was made, and the register shall file the certificate with the
copy of the writ and shall make an entry thereof in his
docket of attachments. Approved March' 18, 1929.
Chap. 132 An Act to regulate the refining of oil in the town
OF WEYMOUTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Approval of^ Section 1. No refining of petroleum or any of its
required for products and no manufacturing process applied to oils shall
oi'Hn^town^ °^ bc Carried on in the town of Weymouth unless, in addition
of Weymouth. ^,0 such othcr liccnses and permits as now are or hereafter
may be required by law, the carrying on therein of such re-
fining or manufacturing is approved by the town meeting
of said town or by such body as under any future system of
government may succeed to the powers now possessed by
said town meeting.
PubUc hearing, Section 2. Upou application for such approval filed
with the selectmen by a holder of such other licenses and
permits, a public hearing shall be granted thereon before
the town meeting or such other body, or before a duly au-
thorized committee thereof, notice of which shall be given
as on an application to the selectmen under section fourteen
of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the General Laws,
in addition to such notice as may by law be required for
hearing and action thereon by the town meeting. At said
hearing the applicant shall have the right to produce wit-
nesses and to be represented by counsel.
fccrtl^nc^^'te Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
accep ance, e c. ^^ ^^^ town meeting of the town of Weymouth.
Approved March 19, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 133, 134. 115
An Act relative to the stay of execution in capital fhr^j. iqq
CASES PENDING THE DECISION OF JUDICIAL QUESTIONS. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and seventy-nine of g. l. 279, new
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Ifterng.
section forty-nine the following new section: — Section 49A. stayof execu-
The execution of a sentence of death may be stayed from cases' peTd^ng'
time to time for definite and stated periods by the supreme ciecision of ju-
I'-i . • I- ii c Til nil dicial questions.
judicial court, or a justice thereof, pending the nnal de-
termination of any judicial question arising in or out of the
case in which the sentence is imposed.
Section 2. Section forty-five of said chapter two hun- g. l. 279, § 45,
dred and seventy-nine is hereby amended by inserting after ai»ended.
the word "execution" in the fourth line the words: — or
said execution is otherwise delayed by process of law, —
by inserting after the word "respited" in the fifth line the
words: — or stayed by process of law, — and by inserting
after the word "respite" in the seventh line the words: —
or stay, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4-5 ■ The sen- Sentence of
tence of death shall be executed by the warden of the state el^*^^ted'^^°
prison, or by a person acting under his direction, within
the week appointed by the court, unless the governor pardons
the crime, commutes the punishment therefor or respites
the execution or said execution is otherwise delayed by
process of law. If the execution is respited or stayed by
process of law, the sentence of death shall be executed within
the week beginning on the day next after the day on which
the term of respite or stay expires. The sentence of death
shall be executed upon such day within the week appointed
as the warden elects, at some time between midnight and
sunrise; but no previous announcement thereof shall be
made, except to such persons as may be permitted to be
present.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of Effective date.
September in the current year.
Approved March 19, 1929.
An Act placing under the civil service laws janitors (Jfid^) 134
OF SCHOOL buildings IN CITIES AND IN CERTAIN TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section four of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, g. l. 31, § 4.
as amended by chapter one hundred and ninety-seven of ^*«'- amended,
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraph: — Janitors of school buildings in cities, Janitors of
and in such towns of over twelve thousand inhabitants as in'dtiesand"^^
accept this paragraph. Approved March 19, 1929. 'laced^under^^
civil service
laws.
116 Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 135, 136.
ChaV.lS5 ^N ^C^ REGULATING THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED
TO PLACE ON THE BALLOTS AT STATE PRIMARIES THE
NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR STATE WIDE OFFICES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
amliided^**' Section forty-four of chapter fifty-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth Hne,
the word "less" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
more, — and by striking out, in the fifth line, the words
"each of four different counties" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — any one county, — so as to read as
Nomination foUows '. — Section 44- The nomination of candidates for
of signatures, nomination or election at state primaries shall be by nomina-
tion papers. In the case of offices to be filled by all the
voters of the commonwealth such papers shall be signed in
the aggregate by at least one thousand voters, not more
than two hundred and fifty to be from any one county.
Such papers for all other offices to be filled at a state election,
and for members of committees and delegates to the state
convention, shall be signed by a number of voters equal in
the aggregate to five voters for each ward or town in the
district or county, but in no case shall more than two hun-
dred and fifty be required. Approved March 19, 1929.
Chav.lSQ An Act authorizing the commitment of certain men-
tally AFFLICTED PERSONS TO FEDERAL HOSPITALS FOR
OBSERVATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. i23^§ 77, Section seventy-seven of chapter one hundred and twenty-
three of the General Laws, as amended by chapter nineteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the word
"or" and inserting in place thereof a comma, and by in-
serting after the word "hospital" in the seventh line the
words: — , or, in case such person is eligible for admission,
to an institution established and maintained by the United
States government, the person having charge of which is
licensed under section thirty-four A, — so as to read as
Commitment follows : — Scction 77. If a person is found by two physicians
observation as qualified as provided in section fifty-three to be in such
to their sanity, jy^gntal coudition that his commitment to an institution for
the insane is necessary for his proper care or observation,
he may be committed by any judge mentioned in section
fifty, to a state hospital, to the McLean hospital, or, in
case such person is eligible for admission, to an institution
established and maintained by the United States govern-
ment, the person having charge of which is licensed under
section thirty-four A, for a period of thirty-five days pend-
Proviso. ing the determination of his insanity; provided, that such
commitments shall be made to Gardner state colony only
Disposition when legally authorized by the department. Within thirty
mitment!' days after such commitment the superintendent of the in-
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 137, 138. 117
stitution to which the person has been committed shall
discharge him if he is not insane, and shall notify the judge
who committed him, or if he is insane he shall report the
patient's mental condition to the judge with the recom-
mendation that he shall be committed as an insane person,
or discharged to the care of his guardian, relatives or friends
if he is harmless and can properly be cared for by them.
Within the said thirty-five days, the committing judge may
authorize a discharge as aforesaid, or he may commit the
patient to any institution for the insane as an insane person
if, in his opinion, such commitment is necessary. If, in the Additional
opinion of the judge, additional medical testimony as to the {^|fjj,°,on
mental condition of the alleged insane person is desirable,
he may appoint a physician to examine and report thereon.
In case of the death, resignation or removal of the judge Death, resig-
committing a person for observation, his successor in office, of judge^'com-
or, in case of the absence or disability of the judge commit- mitting person
.• r -1 •! -i-i-rj^i lor observation.
tmg a person as aforesaid, any judge or special justice oi the
same court, shall receive the notice or report provided for
by this section and carry out any subsequent proceedings
hereunder. Approved March 19, 1929.
An Act subjecting the offices of assistants in the (JJku) j^qt
ELECTION department OF THE CITY OF BOSTON TO THE
CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The offices of assistants in the election de- offices of assist-
partment of the city of Boston, established under section deplrtntCTrto"
twenty of chapter four hundred and forty-nine of the acts 8u^°ct^o^c°"ii
of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and now exempt from service laws.
the civil service laws by virtue thereof, shall, upon the ef-
fective date of this act, become subject to said civil service
laws and the rules and regulations made thereunder, and
the term of office of any incumbent of any of said offices
shall be unlimited, except that he may be removed in ac-
cordance with such laws, rules and regulations; but the
persons holding said offices on said effective date may con-
tinue therein without taking a civil service examination.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission
during the current year by vote of the city council of said c°un^ii etc.
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved March 19, 1929.
An Act relative to the open season for deer in plym- Qfidj) 138
OUTH county.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The open season for deer in Plymouth county shall be open season
between sunrise of the first Monday of December and sunset piy^^outh
of the following Saturday; but otherwise the provisions of county.
section sixty-three of chapter one hundred and thirty-one
of the General Laws shall continue to apply in said county.
Approved March 19, 1929.
118
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 139, 140, 141.
Chap. 139 An Act authorizing the town of wellesley to ap-
propriate MONEY FOR THE OBSERVANCE AND CELEBRATION
OF THE TERCENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE MASSA-
CHUSETTS BAY COLONY.
Town of
Wellesley may
appropriate
money for the
observance and
celebration of
the tercen-
tenary of the
founding of
Massachusetts
Bay colony.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 1. The town of Wellesley may appropriate
money in nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and in nineteen
hundred and thirty for the observance and celebration of
the tercentenary of the founding of the Massachusetts
Bay colony.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 20, 1929.
Chap. 140 An Act relative to appropriations by the city of
boston for municipal purposes.
Be it enacted, etc.,' as follows:
by city of*'°"^ Section 1. The city of Boston may by vote of the city
boston for mu- couucil, with the approval of the mayor, in the manner
purposes. Specified in section three of chapter four hundred and eighty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, make appropri-
ations for municipal purposes to be raised by taxation for
the financial year ending December thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, not exceeding the sum of twelve
dollars and seventy-five cents on each one thousand dollars
of the valuation upon which the appropriations by the city
council are based.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 20, 1929.
Chap. 141 An Act providing for biennial municipal elections
in the city of malden.
Biennial
municipal elec-
tions in city
of Maiden for
choice of
certain officers.
Terms of
mayor, alder-
men and
common coun-
cilmen, elected
in 1929.
Terms of school
committee
elected in
1929, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Beginning with the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, municipal elections in the city of Maiden
for the choice of mayor, aldermen, common councilmen and
members of the school committee shall be held biennially
on the second Tuesday in December in each odd-numbered
year.
Section 2. Beginning with the biennial municipal elec-
tion to be held in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, the mayor, aldermen and common councilmen of said
city shall be elected for terms of two years from the first
Monday in January following their election and until their
successors are qualified.
Section 3. At the biennial municipal election to be
held in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and at
every biennial municipal election thereafter, all members
of the school committee to be elected shall be elected to
Acts, 1929. —Chap. 142. 119
serve for four years each and until their successors are
qualified. The member of said committee elected in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven shall continue to
hold office until the qualification of his successor who shall
be elected at the biennial municipal election in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty-one. If a vacancy occurs in vacancy.
the school committee by failure to elect, or otherwise, the
city council and the remaining members of the school com-
mittee shall meet in joint convention and elect a suitable
person to fill the vacancy until the first Monday in January
following the next regular municipal election; and, if there
would be a vacancy on said first Monday, it shall be filled
at such regular municipal election for the balance of the
unexpired term.
Section 4. So much of chapter one hundred and sixty- inconsistent
nine of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and Repealed"*
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as is
inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed.
Section 5. This act shall be submitted for acceptance submission
to the qualified voters of said city at the annual city election *° ^^ters, etc.
in the current year in the form of the following question,
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used
at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the current 3^ear, entitled 'An Act providing for
biennial municipal elections in the city of Maiden' be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said question
are in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take full
effect; otherwise it shall be of no effect and the officers
elected at said election shall respectively hold office for the
terms now provided by law. Approved March 20, 1929.
An Act relative to the transaction of business by (JJkjj) ^42
CERTAIN limited FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section forty-six of chapter one hundred and seventy-six g. l. i76, § 46.
of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter ^**'' ^'"^'^'^®'^-
one hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, by chapter four hundred and ninety-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, by section
three of chapter eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, by chapter two hundred and eighty-four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and by
chapter seven of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out all after the word "fra-
ternity" in the eighth line down to and including the word
"only" in the eleventh hne, — so that the first paragraph
of said section forty-six will read as follows: — Section \6. f^aterLa/'b^nt^
A domestic society which limits its membership as provided fit societies may
in section four, or which limits its membership to the mem- n^sTn com-'"
bers and ex-members of any social organization having a ™^hout con-
lodge system and secret form of work; or a secret order or formin? to
certain provi-
sions of law.
120
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 143.
Certain limited
fraternal bene-
fit societies may
transact busi-
ness in com-
monwealth
without con-
forming to
certain provi-
sions of law.
fraternity which operates on the lodge system with a rep-
resentative form of government and grants insurance bene-
fits as incidental only to the work of the order or fraternity;
or a purely charitable association or corporation existing on
May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and one, any one of
which pays a death or funeral benefit limited to not more
than two hundred dollars, disability benefits not exceeding
ten dollars a week, or any or all of such benefits, or a do-
mestic society which limits its membership as provided in
said section four to the employees of a designated firm,
business house or corporation, or any department thereof,
and pays disability benefits not exceeding fifteen dollars a
week, and which is not conducted as a business enterprise
or for profit, and a subordinate lodge of a secret fraternity
or order as defined in this section which is not conducted
as a business enterprise or for profit, which pays death
benefits to families or dependents of deceased members as
fixed by its by-laws, but not more than two hundred dollars
if the lodge membership is two hundred or less, and if over
two hundred not in excess of the amount of an assessment
of one dollar upon each member thereof in good standing
at the time of the death of the member, and a society, either
domestic or foreign, which confines its membership to
members of organizations defined in the second sentence of
section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and seventy-
five, and which embraces therein only persons of the same
occupation, may transact business in the commonwealth
without conforming to the provisions of this chapter except
this section and sections twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-six,
forty-seven, forty-seven A and forty-nine, of chapter one
hundred and seventy-five, or of chapter one hundred and
seventy-seven; provided, that no proceeding shall be in-
stituted under said section thirty-six because such society
has a membership of less than four hundred. The seventh
clause of section five of chapter fifty-nine shall apply to such
a society. Approved March BO, 1929.
Chap. 143 An Act authorizing county treasueers to advance
MONEY TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS WHEN NECESSARY IN
THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter twelve of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section twenty-five the following new
section: — Section 25 A. Money to be used for necessary
expenses to be incurred in the performance of the duties
of a district attorney in relation to any investigation or
proceeding in any county in his district, to an amount not
exceeding two thousand dollars in any one month, shall be
advanced to him by the treasurer of said county, or placed
to his credit for advance under his direction to persons
designated by him, upon the presentation of a certificate
G. L. 12, new
section after
§25.
County treas-
urers may
advance money
to district
attorneys when
necessary in
performance of
their duty.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 144, 145. 121
signed by him certifying that such amount is necessary for
use as aforesaid. Every sum so advanced shall be ac- District attor-
counted for by the said district attorney within two months "oTadlanTed"*
after such advance and said accounts shall be approved in sums, etc.
the manner provided in section twenty-four for approving
bills incurred by district attorneys; provided, that all sums Proviso,
so advanced by the treasurer of any county during any
financial year shall be accounted for, and any unexpended
balances thereof be repaid to said treasurer, prior to Janu-
ary tenth next following the close of said financial year.
Approved March 21, 1929.
An Act relative to the commercial travellers' boston (JJidj) 144
BENEFIT ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED).
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Commercial Travellers' Boston Benefit Association commercial
(Incorporated), a corporation duly established by law, may Boston Benefit
include within its membership, and extend its benefits to, Association
,. 1.^ c-i i- (Incorporated)
persons engaged m any business or proiessional occupation, may include
subject to the approval of the directors under its by-laws. wuwnitr^°"^
Approved March 21, 1929. membership.
An Act relative to the disposition of certain funds Chap. 145
IN the custody of the MARLBOROUGH CO-OPERATIVE
BANK IN THE NAME OF CO. F, SIXTH REGIMENT, M. V. M.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Marlborough co-operative bank is hereby Disposition of
authorized and directed to transfer all funds, consisting of fn'^Justod'y of
matured shares, now in its possession and standing in the Marlborough
name of Co. F, Sixth Regiment, M. V. M., to three residents ba'nkfn nime
of the city of Marlborough to be designated by the adjutant Re?hnJntf"*^
general of the commonwealth to act as trustees of said fund, m. v. m. '
and thereupon all liability of said bank in relation to said
funds shall terminate. Said funds or the proceeds of said
matured shares shall be held by said trustees for the benefit
of the officers and enlisted men who constituted company
F, sixth infantry, Massachusetts national guard on April
sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. Said trustees shall
from time to time disburse said funds among such officers
and men, but only in accordance with regulations to be made
by said trustees, subject to the approval of the adjutant
general. Upon the termination of said trust, said trustees
shall transmit to the adjutant general all books, records and
papers in their possession relating to the administration of
said trust.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 22, 1929.
122
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Chap. 146 An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of
DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND
^f' CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR IN-
I TEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS,
, AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Appropriations
for maintenance
sinliingfund
and bond re-
quirements,
and for certain
improvements.
Section 1. To provide for the maintenance of the
etc'^ToTi^Swe^s^' ^^^eral departments, boards, commissions and institutions,
" 'of sundry other services, and for certain permanent im-
provements, and to meet certain requirements of law, the
sums set forth in section two, for the several purposes and
subject to the conditions therein specified, are hereby
appropriated from the general fund or revenue of the com-
monwealth unless some other source of revenue is expressed,
subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement
of public funds and the approval thereof, for the fiscal year
ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, or for such other period as may be specified.
Section 2.
Legislative
Department.
Item
1
10
Service of the Legislative Department.
For the compensation of senators, the sum of sixty-
one thousand five hundred dollars . . . $G 1,500 00
For the compensation for travel of senators, a sum
not exceeding fifty-nine hundred dollars . . 5,900 00
For the compensation of representatives, the sum of
three hundred sixty-one thousand five hundred
dollars 361,500 00
For the compensation for travel of representatives,
a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand six
hundred dollars 36,600 00
For the salaries of William II. Sanger, clerk of the
senate, and Frank E. Bridgman, clerk of the house
of representatives, the sum of ten thousand
dollars 10,000 00
For the salaries of Irving N. Hayden, assistant
clerk of the senate, and Lawrence R. Grove,
assistant clerk of the house of representatives, the
sum of seven thousand dollars .... 7,000 00
For such additional clerical assistance to, and with
the approval of, the clerk of the house of rep-
resentatives, as may be necessary for the proper
despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars 4,000 00
For such additional clerical assistance to, and with
the approval of, the clerk of the senate, as may
be necessary for the proper despatch of public
business, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars 1,500 00
For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not
exceeding thirty-seven hundred dollars . . 3,700 00
For clerical assistance, office of the sergeant-at-arms,
a sum not exceeding forty-nine hundred and
twenty dollars 4,920 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146. 123
Item
11 For the compensation for travel of doorkeepers, as- Legislative
sistant doorkeepers, messengers, pages and other Department,
employees of the sergeant-at-arms, authorized by
law to receive the same, a sum not exceeding sixty-
five hundred dollars $6,500 00
12 For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the senate and
house of representatives, and the postmaster,
with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum
not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars . 7,500 00
13 For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers and mes-
sengers to the senate and house of representatives,
with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum
not exceeding forty-five thousand six hundred
dollars 45,600 00
14 For compensation of the pages of the senate and
house of representatives, with the approval of the
sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding eighty-four
hundred and fifty dollars 8,450 00
15 For the salaries of clerks employed in the legislative
document room, a sum not exceeding fifty-two
hundred and fifty dollars 5,250 00
16 For certain other persons employed by the sergeant-
at-arms, in and about the chambers and rooms of
the legislative department, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars 3,000 00
17 For the salaries of the chaplains of the senate and
house of representatives, the sum of fifteen hun-
dred dollars 1,500 00
18 For personal services of the counsel to the senate
and assistants, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand three hundred and fifty dollars . . 13,350 00
19 For personal services of the counsel to the house of
representatives and assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing thirteen thousand nine hundred and fifty
dollars 13,950 00
20 For clerical and other assistance of the senate com-
mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars . . 4,000 00
21 For clerical and other assistance of the house com-
mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four thou-
sand dollars 4,000 00
22 For authorized traveling and other expenses of the
committees of the present general coiu't, with the
approval of a majority of the committee incurring
the same, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars . ... . . 4,000 00
23 For expenses of advertising hearings of the commit-
tees of the present general court, including ex-
penses of preparing and mailing advertisements
to the various newspapers, with the approval of
the comptroller of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars .... 100 00
24 For printing, binding and paper ordered by the
senate and house of representatives, or by con-
current order of the two branches, with the ap-
proval of the clerks of the respective branches, a
sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars . . 50,000 00
24a For printing the manual of the general court, with
the approval of the clerks of the two branches, a
sum not exceeding fifty-three hundred dollars 5,300 00
25 For expenses in connection with the puVilication of
the bulletin of committee hearings, with the ap-
proval of the joint committee on rules, a sum not
exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars . 12,500 00
124
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Legislative
Department.
Item
26 For stationery for the senate, purchased by and with
the approval of the clerk, a sum not exceeding
seven hundred dollars ..... $700 00
27 For office expenses of the counsel to the senate, a
sum not exceeding two hundred dollars . . 200 00
28 For stationery for the house of representatives, pur-
chased by and with the approval of the clerk, a
sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars . . 1,100 00
29 For office expenses of the counsel to the house of
representatives, a sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars 200 00
30 For contingent expenses of the senate and house of
representatives, and necessary expenses in and
about the state house, with the approval of the
sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand dollars 17,000 00
30a For the purchase of outline sketches of members of
the senate and house of representatives, a sum not
exceeding twelve hundred dollars . . . 1,200 00
30b For the payment of witness fees to persons sum-
moned to appear before committees of the general
court, and for expenses incidental to summoning
them, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms,
a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars . . 200 00
Total
$702,220 00
Judicial
Department.
Supreme Ju-
dicial Court.
Reporter of
Decisions.
Service of the Judicial Department.
Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:
31 For the salaries of the chief justice and of the six
associate justices, a sum not exceeding ninety-
nine thousand dollars $99,000 00
32 For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not
exceeding forty-five hundred dollars . . . 4,500 00
33 For pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceeding
seventy-five hundred dollars .... 7,500 00
34 For the salary of the clerk for the commonwealth,
a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars . 6,500 00
35 For clerical assistance to the clerk, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars .... 1,000 00
36 For law clerks, stenographers and other clerical
assistance for the justices, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand dollars .... 24,000 00
37 For office supplies, services and equipment of the
supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding forty-
five hundred dollars ..... 4,500 00
38 For the salaries of the officers and messengers, a sum
not exceeding three thousand and forty dollars 3,040 00
39 For the commonwealth's part of the salary of the
clerk for the county of Suffolk, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen hundred dollars .... 1,500 00
Reporter of Decisions:
40 For the salary of the reporter of decisions, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars .... 6,000 00
41 For clerk hire and office supplies, services and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars 8,000 00
Pensions :
42 For the pensions of retired court officers, a sum not
exceeding four hundred and sixty-four dollars . 464 00
Total
$166,004 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
125
Item
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
Superior Court, as follows:
For the salaries of the chief justice and of the thirty-
one associate justices, a sum not exceeding three
hundred eighty-five thousand dollars
For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not
exceeding nineteen thousand five hundred dollars
For the salary of the assistant clerk, Suffolk county,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .
For clerical work, inspection of records and doings
of persons authorized to admit to bail, for an
executive clerk to the chief justice, and for certain
other expenses incident to the work of the court,
a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars
For pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand dollars ....
Superior Court.
Total
$385,000 00
19,500 00
1,000 00
12,000 00
24,000 00
. $441,500 00
Justices of District Courts:
For compensation of justices of district courts while
sitting in the superior court, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand six hundred dollars
For expenses of justices of district courts while sitting
in the superior court, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars . . . . .
For reimbursing certain counties for compensation of
certain special justices for services in holding
sessions of district courts in place of the justice,
while sitting in the superior court, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
Total
Judicial Council:
For expenses of the judicial council, as authorized
by section thirty-four C of chapter two hundred
and twenty-one of the General Laws, inserted
by chapter two hundred and forty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, as amended,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars
For compensation of the secretary of the judicial
council, as authorized by section thirty-four C of
chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the Gen-
eral Laws, inserted by chapter two hundred and
forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, as amended, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars ....
Total
Administrative Committee of District Courts:
For compensation and expenses of the administrative
committee of district courts, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars .....
Probate and Insolvency Courts, as follows:
For the salaries of judges of probate of the several
counties, a sum not exceeding one hundred eleven
thousand five hundred dollars ....
For pensions of retired judges, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand five hundred dollars
For the compensation of judges of probate when
acting outside their own counties for other judges
of probate, a sum not exceeding eighty-five hun-
dred dollars .......
Justices of
District Courts
$13,600 00 Superior Court.
2,500 00
6,000 00
$22,100 00
Judicial
Council.
$3,000 00
3,500 00
$6,500 00
$3,000 00
Administrative
Committee of
District Courts.
111,500 00
Probate and
Insolvency
Courts.
10,500 00
8,500 00
126
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Probate and
Insolvency
Courts.
Item
57
58
59
Clerical assist-
ance to Regis-
ters of Probate
and Insolvency.
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
District
Attorneys.
73
74
75
76
For expense.s of judges of probate when acting out-
side their own counties for other judges of probate,
as authorized by section forty of chapter two hun-
dred and seventeen of the General Laws, as
amended by chapter three hundred and eighty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three and by chapter three hundred and seventy-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars
For the salaries of registers of the several covmties,
a sum not exceeding fifty-nine thousand five
hundred and seventy-five dollars
For the salaries of assistant registers, a sum not
exceeding sixty-six thousand seven hundred and
eighty-five dollars . . . . • .
$300 00
59,575 00
Total
66,785 00
. $257,160 00
For clerical assistance to Registers of the several
counties, as follows:
Barnstable, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hun-
dred and sixty dollars . . . . $2,460 00
Berkshire, a sum not exceeding thirty-six hundred
and sixty dollars ...... 3,660 00
Bristol, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand four
hundred dollars ...... 12,400 00
Dukes county, a sum not exceeding nine hundred
and sixty dollars ...... 960 00
Essex, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand two
hundred and seventy dollars .... 15,270 00
Franklin, a sum not exceeding ten hundred and
fifty dollars . . ... . . 1,050 00
Hampden, a sum not exceeding eighty-three hun-
dred dollars 8,300 00
Hampshire, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
and thirty dollars ...... 1,530 00
Middlesex, a sum not exceeding forty-seven thou-
sand dollars . 47,000 00
Norfolk, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand four
hundred and seventy-five dollars . . . 11,475 00
Plymouth, a sum not exceeding thirty-nine hun-
dred dollars 3,900 00
Suffolk, a sum not exceeding sixty-one thousand
dollars . ... . . 61,000 00
Worcester, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand
two hundred and thirty dollars, provided that the
cost of photostatic service may be paid from this
item 16,230 00
Total $185,235 00
District Attorneys, as follows:
For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the Suffolk district, a sum not exceeding
sixty thousand dollars . . . . $60,000 00
For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the northern district, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand dollars .... 24,000 00
For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the eastern district, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars 15,000 00
For the salaries of the district attorney, deputy
district attorney and assistants for the south-
eastern district, a sum not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand six hundred dollars ..... 15,600 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
127
Item
77
78
79
80
81
For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the southern district, a sum not exceed-
ing ten thousand four hundred dollars
For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the middle district, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars .....
For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the western district, a sum not exceeding
eighty-four hundred dollars ....
For the salary of the district attorney for the north-
western district, a sum not exceeding three thou-
sand dollars .......
For traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the
district attorneys, except in the Suffolk district,
a sum not exceeding ninety-five hundred dollars
Total
District
Attorneys.
$10,400 00
15.000 00
8,400 00
3,000 00
9,500 00
$160,900 00
Service of the Land Court.
82 For the salaries of the judge, associate judges, the
recorder and court officer, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars
83 For engineering, clerical and other personal services,
a sum not exceeding thirty-seven thousand six
hundred dollars . . . . . .
84 For personal services in the examination of titles,
for publishing and serving citations and other
services, traveling expenses, supplies and office
equipment, and for the preparation of sectional
plans showing registered land, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-five thousand dollars
Total
Land Court.
$38,800 00
37,600 00
25,000 00
$101,400 00
Service of the Commission on Probation.
85 For personal services of the deputy commissioner,
clerks and stenographers, a sum not exceeding
forty thousand three hundred dollars
86 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding forty-
eight hundred dollars .....
Total
Commission
on Probation.
$40,300 00
4,800 00
$45,100 00
Service of the Board of Bar Examiners.
87 For personal services of the members of the board,
a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars
88 For other .services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, office supphes and
equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight
hundred dollars ......
Total
Board of Bar
[ 1,000 00 Examiners.
3,800 00
$14,800 00
Service of the Executive Department.
89 For the salary of the governor, the sum of ten
thousand dollars ......
90 For the salary of the lieutenant governor, the sum
of four thousand dollars . .
91 For the salaries of the eight councillors, the sum of
eight thousand dollars .....
Executive
$10,000 00 Department.
4,000 00
8,000 00
128
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Executive
Department.
Item
92 For the salaries of officers and employees of the de-
partment, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand
dollars $30,000 00
93 For travel and expenses of the lieutenant governor
and council from and to their homes, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars . . . 1,000 00
94 For postage, printing, office and other contingent
expenses, including travel of the governor, a
sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars . 11,000 00
95 For postage, printing, stationery, traveling and con-
tingent expenses of the governor and council,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars . 3,000 00
90 For expenses incurred in the arrest of fugitives
from justice, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars . . 1,000 00
97 For payment of extraordinary expenses and for
transfers made to cover deficiencies, with the
approval of the governor and council, a sum not
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars . . 100,000 00
98 For the purchase of a portrait of a former governor,
as authorized Ijy section nineteen of chapter eight
of the General Laws, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars 3,000 00
Total $171,000 00
Adjutant
General.
Service of the Adjutant General.
99 For the salary of the adjutant general, a sum not
exceeding forty-one hundred dollars . . $4,100 00
100 For personal services of office assistants, including
services for the preparation of records of Massa-
chusetts soldiers and sailors who served in the
Civil War, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thou-
sand five hundred dollars .... 35,500 00
101 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, and for necessary office supplies and ex-
penses, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred
dollars . . 7,500 00
102 For expenses of delegates attending the national
guard convention, for expenses of the party at-
tending the inauguration exercises at Washing-
ton, and for expenses not otherwise provided for
in connection with military matters and accounts,
a simi not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars 7,500 00
Total $54,600 00
Service of the Militia.
Militia. 103 For allowances to companies and other adminis-
trative units, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty-four thousand dollars .... $154,000 00
104 For certain allowances for national guard officers, as
authorized by paragraph (d) of section one hun-
dred and forty-five of chapter thirty-three of the
General Laws, as appearing in chapter four hun-
dred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, as amended, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-two thousand dollars . . . 22,000 00
105 For pay and transportation of certain boards, a sum
* not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . . 2,500 00
106 For pay and expenses of certain camps of instruction,
a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars . . 6,000 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
129
Item
107 For pay and transportation in making inspections
and surveys, and for escort duty, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars ....
108 For transportation of officers and non-commissioned
officers for attendance at military meetings, a
sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars
109 For transportation to and from regimental and
battalion drills, a sum not exceeding three thou-
sand dollars .......
110 For transportation when appearing for examination,
a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars .
111 For expenses of rifle practice, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand dollars ....
112 For compensation, transportation and expenses in
the preparation for camp duty maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars
113 For maintenance of horses, a sum not exceeding
twenty-seven thousand six hundred dollars
114 For incidental and maintenance expenses of division
headquarters, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars ......
115 For compensation for special and miscellaneous duty,
a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand seven
hundred dollars ......
116 For compensation for accidents and injuries sus-
tained in the performance of military duty, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars
117 To cover certain small claims for damages to private
property arising from military maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars
118 For expenses of organizing and maintaining an aero
squadron, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........
119 For premiums on bonds for officers, a sum not
exceeding fourteen hundred and fifty dollars
120 For instruction in military authority, organization
and administration, and in the elements of mili-
tary art, a sum not exceeding seventy-eight hun-
dred dollars .......
Total . . . ...
Service of Special Military Expenses.
121 For the expense of furnishing certificates of honor
for service on the Mexican border, as authorized
by law, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars
122 For expense of testimonials to soldiers and sailors
of the World War, to be expended under the
direction of the adjutant general, a sum not ex-
ceeding twelve hundred dollars
123 For the expense of obtaining from the War De-
partment at Washington, D. C, copies of certain
records, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars
123a For the expense of obtaining from the Navy De-
partment at Washington, D. C, copies of certain
records, a sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars
Total
»
Service of the State Quartermaster.
124 For personal services of the state quartermaster,
superintendent of armories, superintendent of
arsenal and certain other employees of the state
quartermaster, a sum not exceeding twenty thou-
sand five hundred dollars ....
Militia.
$5,000 00
6,500 00
3,000 00
200 00
18,000 00
30,000 00
27,600 00
2,500 00
13,700 00
10,000 00
500 00
3,000 00
1,450 00
7,800 00
$313,750 00
$200 00
1,200 00
1,000 00
700 00
$3,100 00
Special Military
Expenses.
State Quarter-
master.
$20,500 00
130
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
State Quarter-
master.
Item
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
13fi
State Surgeon. 137
138
State Judge
Advocate.
Commission
on Adminis-
tration and
Finance.
139
140
141
For expert assistance, the employment of which may
be exempt from civil service rules, in the dis-
bursement of certain money to the officers and
enlisted men of the militia for compensation and
allowances, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars ........
For the salaries of armorers and assistant armorers of
first class armories, and acting superintendent
of armories, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thirty-three thousand eight hundred dollars
For clerical and other expenses for the office of the
property and disbursing officer, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars .
For certain incidental military expenses of the
quartermaster's dej^artment, a sum not exceeding
eight hundred and fifty dollars ....
For office and general supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars
For the care and maintenance of the camp ground
and buildings at Framingham, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars .....
For the maintenance of armories of the first class,
including the purchase of certain furniture, a sum
not exceeding one hundred sixty thousand dollars
For reimbursement for rent and maintenance of
armories of the second and third classes, a sum
not exceeding nine thousand dollars .
For allowances for a mechanic for each battery of
field artillery, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand six hundred dollars ....
For the rental of stables, including water and cer-
tain other incidental services, for the housing of
horses and mules, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand six hundred dollars ....
For expense of maintaining and operating certain
trucks, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
dollars ........
For expense of maintaining and operating the Camp
Curtis Guild rifle range, a sum not exceeding six-
teen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars
Total
Service of the State Surgeon.
For personal services of the state surgeon and regu-
lar assistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-nine
hundred dollars ......
For services other than personal, and for necessary
medical and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars
For the examination of recruits, a sum not exceed-
ing ten thousand dollars .....
Total
Service of the State Judge Advocate.
For compensation of the state judge advocate, as
provided by law, a sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars ......
$1,200 00
133,800 00
7,500 00
850 00
12,000 00
1,000 00
160,000 00
9,000 00
17,600 00
13,600 00
2,500 00
16,150 00
$395,700 00
$6,900 00
3,000 00
10,000 00
$19,900 00
$1,500 00
Service of the Commission on Administration and Finance.
For personal services of the commissioners, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand six hundred
eight dollars and eighty-seven cents . . . $25,608 87
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
131
Item
142
143
144
For personal services of assistants and employees,
a sum not exceeding one hundred seventy-three
thousand dollars ......
For other expenses incidental to the duties of the
commission, a sum not exceeding twenty-four
thousand dollars ......
For expenses of certain studies relative to the future
building construction needs of the commonwealth,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars
Total
Commission
on Adminis-
$173,000 00 rfni'!"*^
24,000 00
2,500 00
$225,108 87
Purchase of paper:
145 P'or the purcha.se of paper u.sed in the execution of the
contracts for state printing, other than legislative,
with the approval of the commission on adminis-
tration and finance, a sum not exceeding fifty-five
thousand dollars ......
Purchase
of paper.
$55,000 00
Service oj the Armory Commissioners.
146 For compensation of members, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-three hundred dollars
147 For office and traveling expenses, a sum not ex-
ceeding two hundred and fifty dollars
148 For the construction, including furniture and equip-
ment, of an armory for the National Guard, plans
and specifications for which are to be approved
by the governor, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred forty thousand dollars ....
Armory Com-
$2,300 00 missioners.
250 00
140,000 00
Total .
. $142,550 00
149
150
151
152
153
Service of the Commissioner of State Aid and Pensions.
For personal services of the commissioner and
deputy, a sum not exceeding seventy-seven hun-
dred dollars .......
For personal services of agents, clerks, stenographers
and other assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
three thousand three hundred and forty dollars
For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, traveling exj^enses of the
commissioner and his employees, and necessary
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars .
Total
For E.tpenses on Account of Wars.
For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid
on account of state and military aid to Massa-
chusetts soldiers and their families, the sum of
two hundred ten thousand dollars, the same to
be paid on or before the fifteenth day of Novem-
ber in the current year, in accordance with the
provisions of existing laws relative to state and
military aid .......
For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home in Massa-
chusetts, with the approval of the trustees thereof,
a sum not exceeding two hundred eight thousand
doUars ........
$7,700 00
Commissioner
of State Aid
and Pensions.
23,340 00
3,800 00
$34,840 00
Expenses on
Account of
Wars.
Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns for
state and
military aid.
$210,000 00
Soldiers' Home
in Massachu-
setts.
208,000 00
132
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Memorial Park
in St. Mihiel,
France.
Item
154
Art Com-
mission.
Commissioners
on Uniform
State Laws.
Board of
Appeal, etc.
For improvements at the memorial park established
in St. Mihiel, France, a sum not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
and to be expended with the approval of a ma-
jority of the appointees under authority of chap-
ter forty-three of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, after plans and specifications
have been approved by the governor .
Total
$30,000 00
$448,000 00
Service of the Art Commission.
155 For expenses of the commission, a sum not exceeding
two hundred dollars $200 00
Service of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
156 For expenses of the commissioners, a sum not exceed-
ing seven hundred and fifty dollars . . . $750 00
Service of the Board of Appeal from Decisions of the
Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation.
157 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding two
hundred dollars $200 00
Service of the State Library.
State Library. 158 For personal services of the Iil)rarian, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars . . . $5,000 00
159 For personal services of the regular library assist-
ants, temporary clerical assistance and for services
for cataloguing, a sum not exceeding thirty-five
thousand one hundred dollars .... 35,100 00
160 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, office supplies and equipment,
and incidental traveling expenses, a sum not ex-
ceeding three thousand dollars .... 3,000 00
161 For books and other publications and things needed
for the library, and the necessary binding and
rebinding incidental thereto, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars ..... 15,000 00
Total $58,100 00
Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.
162 For personal services of the superintendent and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding ten thousand one
hundred and forty dollars . . . . . $10,140 00
163 For personal services of engineers, assistant engi-
neers, firemen and helpers in the engineer's depart-
ment, a sum not exceeding fifty-seven thousand
eight hundred dollars . . . . 57,800 00
164 For personal services of watchmen and assistant
watchmen, a sum not exceeding forty-two thou-
sand five hundred dollars . . . . . 42,500 00
165 For personal services of porters, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand three hundred and ten
dollars . . ... . . 25,310 00
166 For other personal services incidental to the care and
maintenance of the state house, a sum not exceed-
ing sixty-four thousand five hundred dollars . 64,500 00
Superintendent
of Buildings.
Total
$200,250 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
133
Item
167
168
169
170
171
Other Annual Expenses:
For contingent, office and other expenses of the Other Annual
superintendent, a sum not exceeding three hun- Expenses,
dred dollars $300 00
For telephone service in the building and expenses in
connection therewith, a sum not exceeding thirty-
eight thousand five himdred dollars . . . 38,500 00
For services, supplies and equipment necessary to
furnish heat, light and power, a sum not exceeding
forty-one thousand dollars .... 41,000 00
For other services, supplies and equipment necessary
for the maintenance and care of the state house
and grounds, including repairs of furniture and
equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thou-
sand dollars 36,000 00
For expenses of the preservation of battle flags in the
state house, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 10,000 00
Total
. $125,800 00
For the Maintenance of Old State House.
172 For the contribution of the commonwealth toward
the maintenance of the old provincial state house,
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars
$1,500 00
Old State
House Main-
tenance.
Service of the Commission on Necessaries of Life.
173 For expenses of the commission, a sum not exceed-
ing ninety-three hundred and fifty dollars .
).350 00 °f li^f-
Commission
on Necessaries
Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
174 For the salary of the secretary, the sum of six thou-
sand dollars .......
175 For the salaries of officers and employees holding
positions established by law, and other personal
services, a sum not exceeding one hundred five
thousand dollars ......
176 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, and for the ar-
rangement and preservation of state records and
papers, a sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand
dollars ........
177 For postage and expressage on public documents,
and for mailing copies of bills and resolves to
certain state, city and town officials, a sum not
exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars
178 For printing registration books and blanks and in-
dexing returns, a sum not exceeding four thou-
sand dollars .......
179 For the purchase of copies of certain town records
prior to eighteen hundred and fifty, a sum not
exceeding eight thousand dollars
180 For the purchase of certain supplies and equipment,
and for other things necessary in connection with
the reproduction of the manuscript collection
designated "Massachusetts Archives", a sum not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars
Secretary of
$6,000 00 the Common-
wealth.
105,000 00
21,000 00
3,500 00
4,000 00
8,000 00
2,500 GO
134
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
Item
181
182
183
184
For the purchase and distribution of copies of cer-
tain journals of the house of representatives of
Massachusetts Bay from seventeen hundred and
fifteen to seventeen hundred and eighty, inchisive,
as authorized by chapter four hundred and thir-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty,
a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty
dollars ........
For the purchase of ink for public records of the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars .......
For traveling expenses of the supervisor of public
records, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars ........
For expenses of the census division of the depart-
ment of the secretary of the commonwealth, a sum
not exceeding two hundred dollars
Total
$750 00
1,000
00
1,000
00
200
00
$152,950 00
Indexing vital
statistics.
Indexing vital statistics:
185 For the preparation of certain indexes of births,
marriages and deaths, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in the preceding year
$10,000 00
Printing
laws, etc.
For printing laws, etc.:
186 For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
forty-two hundred dollars . . . . $4,200 00
187 For the printing of a cumulative index to the acts and
resolves, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars 500 00
188 For printing and binding the blue book edition of
the acts and resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding six thousand dollars . . . 6,000 00
189 For the printing of reports of decisions of the su-
preme judicial court, a sum not exceeding thirty-
two thousand seven hundred dollars . . . 32,700 00
190 For printing and binding public documents, a sum
not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars . . 3,500 00
Total $46,900 00
Election
matters.
For matters relating to elections:
191 For the printing of blanks for town officers, election
laws and blanks and instructions on all matters
relating to elections, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars $1,000 00
192 For furnishing cities and towns with ballot boxes,
and for repairs to the same, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars ..... 1,000 00
193 For the purchase of apparatus to be used at polling
places in the canvass and counting of votes, a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . . 500 00
194 For administering the law to permit absent voters
to vote at state elections, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars ..... 500 00
195 For expenses of supplying registrars of voters with
copies of extracts from the constitution, a sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars . . . 2,000 00
Total
$5,000 00
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Item
Medical Examiners' Fees:
196 For medical examiners' fees, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .
I f\f\n nn Medical Exam-
1,000 00 iners' Fees.
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
197 For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-general,
the sum of six thousand dollars . . . $6,000 00
198 For salaries of officers and employees holding posi-
tions established bj' law and additional clerical
and other assistance, a sum not exceeding fortj^-
eight thousand four hundred dollars . . . 48,400 00
199 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand eight hundred dollars . 10,800 00
Total $65,200 00
Treasurer and
Receiver-
General.
Commissioners on Firemen's Relief:
200 For relief disbursed, with the approval of the com-
missioners on firemen's relief, subject to the pro-
visions of law, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars ....
201 For expenses of administration by the commissioners
on firemen's relief, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars ......
Total
Commissionera
on Firemen's
Relief.
$17,500 00
500 00
$18,000 00
Payments to Soldiers:
202 For expenses of administering certain laws relating
to payments in recognition of military service in
the world war, a sum not exceeding thirty-three
hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid from the re-
ceipts from taxes levied under authority of chap-
ters two hundred and eighty-three and three
hundred and forty-two of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen
203 For making pa5'ments to soldiers in recognition of
service during the world war, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, to
be paid from receipts from taxes levied as speci-
fied in item two hundred and two
204 For payments to soldiers and sailors in the volunteer
service of the United States during the Spanish-
American war, and to certain of their dependents,
as authorized by section one of chapter five hun-
dred an"d sixty-one of the acts of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-eight, as amended by section one
of chapter four hundred and seventy-one of the
acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, a sum
not exceeding two hundred dollars
Total
Payments to
Soldiers.
$3,350 00
15,000 00
200 00
$18,550 00
State Board of Retirement:
205 For personal services in the administrative office
of the state board of retirement, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand one hundred dollars . . $10,100 00
206 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, and for office supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding forty-eight hundred dollars . 4,800 00
State Board
of Retirement.
136
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
State Board
of Retirement.
Item
207
For requirements of annuity funds and pensions for
employees retired from the state service under
authority of law, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred sixtj'-one thousand five hundred dollars . $161,500 00
Total $176,400 00
Special Fund.
Special Fund. 208 For the reduction of the direct debt, so-called, of
the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for which
purpose the state treasurer is hereby authorized
and directed to purchase for not more than the
par value, and thereafter cancel, certain bonds
becoming due and maturing at a time later than
the present fiscal year and issued for any of the
following loan accounts : — armory, development
of the Port of Boston, harbor improvement, prisons
and hospitals, including hospitals for consump-
tives, hospital for epileptics, and Medfield in-
sane asylum, and state house construction .
$250,000 00
Requirements 209
for Extinguish-
ing State Debt.
Requirements for Extinguishing the State Debt.
For sinking fund requirements and for certain serial
bonds maturing during the present year, the sum
of one million one hundred forty-two thousand
seventeen dollars and forty-nine cents, payable
from the following accounts and funds in the
following amounts: — from receipts from loans
for the abolition of grade crossings, the sum of
thirty-four thousand dollars; from the Highway
Fund, the sum of three hundred sixty-three thou-
sand seventeen dollars and fifty cents; from the
balance of the receipts of the sale of the Boston
dry dock, two hundred fifty thousand dollars;
from the balance of the receipts of the sale of bonds
for the defence of the commonwealth, sixty-five
thousand six hundred ten dollars and thirty-six
cents; and the remainder from the general fund $1,142,017 49
Interest on
Public Debt.
Interest on the Public Debt.
210 For the payment of interest on the direct debt and
temporary loans of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding one millipn dollars, of which sum three
hundred sixty-two thousand six hundred fifty-one
dollars and twenty-five cents shall be paid from
the Highway Fund $1,000,000 00
Auditor of
the Common-
wealth.
Service of the Auditor of the Commonivealth.
212 For the salary of the auditor, the sum of six thousand
dollars $6,000 00
213 For personal services of deputies and other assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding forty-four thousand
five hundred dollars 44,500 00
214 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-six hundred dollars .... 5,600 00
Total
$56,100 00
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137
Item
215
216
217
218
219
Service of the Attorney General's Department.
For the salary of the attorney general, the sum of
eight thousand dollars .....
For the compensation of assistants in his office, and
for such other legal and personal services as may
be required, a sum not exceeding eighty-nine
thousand dollars ......
For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing nine thousand dollars .....
For the settlement of certain small claims, as au-
thorized by section three A of chapter twelve of
the General Laws, inserted by chapter three hun-
dred and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars ......
For services of the special attorney appointed to
conduct certain cases relative to electric light rates,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars
Total
Attorney
5,000 00 g-|£ent.
89,000 00
9,000 00
5,000 00
25,000 00
$136,000 00
Service of the Department of Agriculture.
220 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
221 For personal services of clerks and stenographers,
a sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars
222 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum
not exceeding twelve hundred dollars
223 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office supplies and equipment, and print-
ing and furnishing trespass posters, a sum not
exceeding eighty-eight hundred dollars
224 For compensation and expenses of members of the
advisory board, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars .......
225 For services and expenses of apiary inspection, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars
Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry:
226 For personal services, a sum not exceeding ninety-
seven hundred dollars .....
227 For other expenses, including the enforcement of the
dairy laws of the commonwealth, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty-eight hundred dollars
Division of Plant Pest Control :
228 For personal services, a sum not exceeding eleven
thousand five hundred dollars ....
229 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding sixty-three
hundred dollars ......
Division of Ornithology:
230 For personal services, a sum not exceeding thirty-
eight hundred dollars .....
231 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ........
232 For the purchase of certain manuscript necessary for
the preparation and printing of the third volume
of the report on birds of the commonwealth, a sum
not exceeding seven hundred dollars .
Department
$6,000 00 of Agriculture.
22,000 00
1,200 00
8,800 00
2,000 00
2,500 00
Division of
Q 700 no Dairying and
y,/UU UU Animal Hus-
bandry.
4,800 00
Division of
11,500 00 Plant Pest
' Control.
6,300 00
Division of
3,800 00 Ornithology.
500 00
700 00
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Division of
Markets.
Division of
Reclamation,
Soil Survey
and Fairs.
Item
233
234
235
236
237
Specials.
238
239
240
Division of Markets:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand seven hundred dollars . . . $20,700 00
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fifty-one
hundred dollars 5,100 00
Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand five hundred dollars .... 12,500 00
For travel and other expenses, a sum not exceeding
sixty-four hundred dollars .... 6,400 00
For state prizes and agricultural exhibits, a sum
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for this purpose, and any unexpended
balance remaining at the end of the current fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding year . . 30,000 00
Specials:
For work in protecting the pine trees of the com-
monwealth from white pine bUster rust, and for
payments of claims on account of currant and
gooseberry bushes destroyed in the work of sup-
pressing white pine blister rust, a sum not ex-
ceeding nineteen thousand dollars . . . 19,000 00
For quarantine and other expenses in connection
with the work of suppression of the European corn-
borer, so-called, a sum not exceeding seven thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 7,000 00
For quarantine and other expenses in connection
with the work of suppression of the Japane.se
beetle, so-called, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars 5,000 00
Total $185,500 00
State Reclama-
tion Board.
Service of State Reclamation Board.
241 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars ....
$2,500 00
Department of
Conservation.
Service of the Department of Conservation.
Administration :
242 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
243 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum
not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars
$6,000 00
250 00
Total $6,250 00
Division of Forestry:
Division of 244 For personal services of office assistants, a sum not
Forestry. exceeding thirteen thousand three hundred dollars $13,300 00
245 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, and for traveling expenses,
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars . . . 5,000 00
246 For the salaries and expenses of foresters and for
nece.ssary labor, supplies and equipment in main-
taining forest tree nurseries, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars ..... 13,000 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
139
Item
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
For the purchase of land and reforesting the same,
as authorized by section ten of chapter one hun-
dred and thirtj'-two of the General Laws, as
amended, a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred
dollars ........
For aiding towns in the purchase of equipment for
extinguishing forest fires and for making protec-
tive belts or zones as a defence against forest fires,
for the present and previous years, a sum not
exceeding two thousand dollars ....
For the personal services of the state fire warden and
his assistants, and for other services, including
traveling expenses of the state fire warden and his
assistants, necessary supplies and equipment and
materials used in new construction in the forest
fire prevention service, a sura not exceeding sixty-
three thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any funds allotted to Massachusetts by the
federal authorities ......
For the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail
moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, a sum
not exceeding sixty-five thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for this purpose, and any unex-
pended balance remaining at the end of the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used in the succeeding
year ........
For the planting and maintenance of state forests,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars
For the purchase and development of state forests,
and for the maintenance of nurseries for the grow-
ing of seedlings for the planting of state forests, as
authorized by section thirty-six of chapter one
hundred and thirty-two of the General Laws, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for this purpose, and any
unexpended balance remaining at the end of the
current fiscal year may be used in the succeeding
year . . . . . .
For the maintenance of the Standish monument
reservation, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........
For the maintenance of Mount Grace state forest,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars
For reimbursement to certain towns, as authorized
by section twenty-four of chapter forty-eight of
the General Laws, as amended, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-five hundred dollars
Total
Division of Fisheries and Game :
For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars .....
For personal services of office assistants, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand one hundred dollars
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and neces-
sary office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars
For expenses of exhibitions and other measures 1o
increase the interest of the public in the protection
and propagation of fish and game, a sum nc t
exceeding one thousand dollars
Division of
Forestry.
$4,500 00
2,000 00
63,000 00
65,000 00
25,000 00
150,000 00
2,000 00
500 00
2,500 00
$345,800 00
Division of
$4,000 00 Fisheries
and Game.
10.100 00
7,500 00
1,000 00
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Enforcement
of laws.
Biological
work.
Propagation of 264
game birds, etc.
Damages by-
wild deer and
wild moose.
Protection of
wild life.
Item
Enforcement of laws :
260 For personal services of fish and game wardens, a
sum not exceeding sixty-seven thousand six hun-
dred dollars .......
261 For traveling expenses of fish and game wardens,
and for other expenses necessary for the enforce-
ment of the laws, a sum not exceeding forty thou-
sand dollars .......
Biological work:
262 For personal services to carry on biological work, a
sum not exceeding fifty-four hundred and fifty
dollars ........
263 For traveling and other expenses of the biologist and
his assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars ......
Propagation of game birds, etc.:
For the maintenance of game farms and fish hatch-
eries, and for the propagation of game birds and
animals and food fish, a sum not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars ....
Damages by wild deer and wild moose :
265 For the payment of damages caused by wild deer
and wild moose, for the present year and previous
years, as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars .
Protection of wild life:
266 For expenses incurred in the protection of certain
wild life, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven hun-
dred dollars .......
Marine
fisheries.
Enforcement
of shellfish
laws.
Specials.
Bounty
on seals.
Marine fisheries:
267 For personal services for regulating the sale and cold
storage of fresh food fish, a sum not exceeding
eleven thousand one hundred dollars .
268 For other expenses for regulating the sale and cold
storage of fresh food fish, a sum not exceeding
thirty-six hundred dollars ....
Enforcement of shellfish laws :
269 For personal services for the enforcement of laws
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding eleven
thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
270 For other expenses for the enforcement of laws
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding seven
thousand dollars ......
271 For expenses of purchasing lobsters, subject to the
conditions imposed by chapter two hundred and
sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ........
Total
Specials :
272 For improvements and additions at fish hatcheries
and game farms, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose
Bounty on seals:
273 For bounties on seals, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred dollars . . .
$67,600 00
40,000 00
5,450 00
2,500 00
100,000 00
13,250 00
3,700 00
11,100 00
3,600 00
11,250 00
7,000 00
10,000 00
$298,050 00
$10,000 00
800 00
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141
Item
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
Division of Animal Industry:
For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars ....
For personal services of clerks and stenographers,
a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand five hun-
dred dollars ........
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses of the di-
rector, and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding six thousand dollars
For personal services of veterinarians and agents en-
gaged in the work of extermination of contagious
diseases among domestic animals, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty-three thousand dollars .
For the traveling expenses of veterinarians and
agents, including the cost of any motor vehicles
purchased for their use, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two thousand dollars ....
For reimbursement of owners of horses killed during
the present and previous years, travel, when al-
lowed, of inspectors of animals, incidental ex-
penses of killing and burial, quarantine and
emergency services, and for laboratory 'and
veterinary supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding sixty-three hundred dollars
For reimbursement of owners of tubercular cattle
killed, as authorized by section twelve A of chap-
ter one hundred and twenty-nine of the General
Laws, inserted by section one of chapter three
hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, and in accordance with certain
provisions of law and agreements made under
authority of section thirty-three of said chapter
one hundred and twenty-nine, as amended, during
the present and previous year, a sum not exceed-
ing two hundred thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose, and any unexpended
balance remaining at the end of the current fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding year .
Total
«„ ../^/^ n^ Division of
$3,500 00 Animal
Industry.
13,500 00
6,000 00
53,000 00
22,000 00
6,300 00
200,000 00
$304,300 00
Reimbursement of towns for inspectors of animals :
281 For the reimbursement of certain towns for com-
pensation paid to inspectors of animals, a sum
not exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars
Reimburse-
ment of towns
$5,500 00 ^7anTris°"
Service of the Department oj Banking and Insurance.
Division of Banks:
282 For the salary of the commissioner, the sum of six
thousand dollars ......
283 For services of deputy, directors, examiners and
assistants, clerks, stenographers and experts, a
sum not exceeding two hundred fifty-seven thou-
sand dollars .......
284 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-three
thousand dollars ......
Total
Department of
$6,000 00 Banking and
Insurance.
Division
of Banks.
257,000 GO
63,000 00
$326,000 00
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Supervisor of
Loan Agencies.
Item
285
286
Supervisor of Loan Agencies:
For personal services of supervisor and assistants,
a sum not exceeding ninety-five hundred and
seventy dollars . . . . . . $9,570 00
For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding twelve hundred dollars . . . 1,200 00
Total $10,770 00
Division of
Insurance.
Division of Insurance:
287 For salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars $6,000 00
288 For other personal services of the division, including
expenses of the board of appeal and certain other
costs of supervising motor vehicle liability in-
surance, a sum not exceeding one hundred sixty
thousand dollars, of which sum not more than
twenty-eight thousand dollars may be charged
to the Highway Fund . . . . . 160,000 00
289 For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars . 38,500 00
290 (This item omitted.)
Total
. $204,500 00
Board of
Appeal on
Fire In-
surance Rates.
Division of
Savings Bank
Life Insurance.
Board of Appeal on Fire Insurance Rates :
291 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding two
hundred dollars $200 00
Division of Savings Bank Life Insurance:
292 For personal services of officers and employees, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars 25,000 00
293 For publicity, including traveling expenses of one
person, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars 2,000 00
294 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report and traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-five hun-
dred dollars . . . . . . . 6,500 00
295 For encouraging and promoting old age annuities
and the organization of mutual benefit associations
among the employees of industrial plants in the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding thirty-two
hundred dollars 3,200 00
Total $36,700 00
Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.
Corporation
and Tax
Divisions.
Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.
Corporation and Tax Divisions:
296 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars . . . $7,500 00
297 For the salaries of certain positions filled by the
commissioner, with the approval of the governor
and council, and for additional clerical and other
assistance, a sum not exceeding two hundred
five thousand dollars, of which sum not more than
twenty thousand dollars may be charged to the
Highway Fund to cover the estimated cost of
collection of the gasoline tax, so-called . . 205,000 00
298 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding nine
thousand dollars 9,000 00
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143
Item
299
For other services and for necessary office supplies
and equipment, and for printing the annual re-
port, other publications and valuation books, a
sum not exceeding thirty-nine thousand four
hundred dollars ......
Total
Corporation
and Tax
Uivisions.
$39,400 00
$260,900 00
Income Ta.x Division (the three following ap-
propriations are to be made from the receipts
from the income tax) :
300 For personal services of the deputy, assistants,
assessors, assistant assessors, clerks, stenographers
and other necessary assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding four hundred five thousand dollars
301 For traveling expenses of members of the division,
a sum not e.xceeding ten thousand dollars .
302 For services other than personal, and for office
supphes and equipment, a sum not exceeding one
hundred twenty-eight thousand dollars
Total
Income Tax
Division.
$405,000 00
10,000 00
128,000 00
$543,000 00
Division of Accounts:
303 For personal services, a sum not exceeding sixty-
nine thousand five hundred dollars
304 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand dollars . . . . . .
305 For services and expenses of auditing and installing
systems of mvmicipal accounts, the cost of which
is to be assessed upon the municipalities for which
the work is done, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty-one thousand dollars ....
306 For the expenses of certain books, forms and other
material, which may be sold to cities and towns
requiring the same for maintaining their system
of accounts, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand
dollars ........
Total
Division of
$69,500 00 Accounts.
13,000 00
151,000 00
16,000 00
$249,500 00
Reimbursement for loss of taxes:
307 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of taxes on
land used for state institutions and certain other
state activities, as certified by the commissioner
of corporations and taxation for the fiscal year
ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding one hundred six
thousand seven hundred dollars
Reimburse^
ment of cities
and towns for
loss of certain
taxes.
$106,700 00
Service of the Deparlmeiit of Education.
308 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not
exceeding nine thousand dollars
309 For personal services of officers, agents, clerks,
stenographers and other assistants, but not in-
cluding those employed in university extension
work, a sum not exceeding ninety- two thousand
five hundred dollars .....
310 For traveling expenses of members of the advisory
board and of agents and employees when re-
quired to travel in discharge of their duties, a
sum not exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars
Department
$9,000 00 of Education.
92,500 00
8,500 00
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Department
of Education.
Item
311 For services other than personal, necessary office
supphes, and for printing the annual report and
bulletins as provided by law, a sum not exceed-
ing thirteen thousand eight hundred dollars . $13,800 00
312 For expenses incidental to furnishing school com-
mittees with rules for testing the sight and hear-
ing of pupils, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
dollars 800 00
313 For printing school registers and other school blanks
for cities and towns, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars . . . . . . 3,000 00
314 For assisting small towns in providing themselves
with school superintendents, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding one hundred one thousand
dollars ........ 101,000 00
315 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
payment of tuition of pupils attending high
schools outside the towns in which they reside,
as provided by law, a sum not exceeding one
hundred ninety thousand dollars . . 190,000 00
316 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided by law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
eighty-five thousand dollars .... 185,000 00
317 For the reimbursement of certain cities and towns
for a part of the expense of maintaining agricul-
tural and industrial vocational schools, as pro-
vided by law, a sum not exceeding one million
three hundred eighty-six thousand eight hun-
dred seventy-two dollars and twenty-two cents . 1,386,872 22
318 For the promotion of vocational rehabilitation in co-
operation with the federal government, with the
approval of the department of education, a sum
not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars . . 16,000 00
319 For aid to certain persons receiving instruction in
the courses for vocational rehabilitation, as au-
thorized by section twenty-two B of chapter
seventy-four of the General Laws, inserted by
chapter four hundred and thirty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars . . 3,000 00
320 For the education of deaf and blind pupils of the
commonwealth, as provided by section twenty-
six of chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws, a
sum not exceeding three hundred eighty-five thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . 385,000 00
321 For expenses of holding teachers' institutes, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars . . 3,000 00
322 For aid to certain pupils in normal schools, under
the direction of the department of education, a
sum not exceeding four thousand dollars . . 4,000 00
323 For the training of teachers for vocational schools
to comply with the requirements of federal au-
thorities under the provisions of the Smith-
Hughes act, so-called, a sum not exceeding thirty-
one thousand six hundred dollars . . . 31,600 00
Total $2,433,072 22
English-speak-
ing Classes
for Adults.
English-speaking Classes for Adults:
324 For personal services of administration, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand nine hundred dollars .
$10,900 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
145
Item
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
For other expenses of administration, a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars
For reimbursement of certain cities and towns, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fif tj'-five thousand
dollars ........
Total
University Extension Courses:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding one
hundred thirty-three thousand eight hundred
dollars ........
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding forty-one
thousand dollars ......
Total
Division of Immigration and Americanization:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding thirty-
nine thousand six hundred dollars
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding eighty-four
hundred dollars ......
Total
Division of Public Libraries:
For personal services of regular agents and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
three hundred and thirty dollars
For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, necessary office supplies
and expenses incidental to the aiding of public
libraries, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand
three hundred dollars .....
Total
Division of the BUnd:
For general administration, furnishing information,
industrial and educational aid, and for carrying
out certain provisions of the laws establishing said
division, a sum not exceeding forty-three thou-
sand eight hundred dollars ....
For the maintenance of local shops, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-eight thousand dollars
For maintenance of ^^'oolson House industries, so-
called, to be expended under the authority of said
division, a sum not exceeding thirty-two thousand
five hundred dollars .....
For the maintenance of certain industries for men,
to be expended under the authority of said divi-
sion, a sum not exceeding one hundred sixty
thousand five hundred dollars ....
For instruction of the adult blind in their homes, a
sum not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars
For expenses of providing sight-saving classes, with
the approval of the division of the blind, a sum not
exceeding fifteen thousand five hundred dollars .
For aiding the adult Wind, subject to the conditions
provided by law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars
Total
$4,000 00
English-speak-
ing Classes
for Adults.
155,000 00
$169,900 00
University Ex-
tension Courses.
$133,800 00
41,000 00
$174,800 00
$39,600 00
8,400 00
Division of
Immigration
and Ameri- 4
canization.
$48,000 00
$12,330 00
Division of
Public
Libraries.
14,300 00
$26,630 00
Division of
the Bhnd.
$43,800 00
78,000 00
32,500 00
160,500 00
16,000 00
15,500 00
137,500 00
$483,800 00
146
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Teachers'
Retirement
Board.
Item
340
341
342
343
Teachers' Retirement Board:
For personal services of employees, a sum not ex-
ceeding eleven thousand three hundred dollars . $11,300 00
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two hundred dollars .... 2,200 00
For payment of pensions to retired teachers, a sum
not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars . 600,000 00
For reimbursement of certain cities and towns for
pensions to retired teachers, a sum not exceeding
one hundred fifty-eight thousand eight hundred
ten dollars and forty-two cents .... 158,810 42
Massachusetts
Nautical
School.
Total $772,310 42
Massachusetts Nautical School:
344 For personal services of the secretary and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding forty-six hundred
and seventy dollars ..... $4,670 00
345 For services other than regular clerical services, in-
cluding printing the annual report, rent, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-three hundred dollars .... 2,300 00
346 For the maintenance of the school and ship, a sum
not exceeding eighty-nine thousand seven hundred
and thirty dollars 89,730 00
Total $96,700 00
Maintenance
and improve-
ment of state
normal schools.
Bridgewater 347
normal school.
Fitchburg
normal school.
348
349
350
351
Framingham o-n
normal school. "'^'^
353
Hyannis 354
normal school.
355
356
Lowell
normal school.
North Adams
normal ecbooJ.
357
358
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the state normal schools, and the
boarding halls attached thereto, with the ap-
proval of the commissioner of education, as
follows :
Bridgewater normal school, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty-three thousand one hundred dollars $153,100 00
Bridgewater normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding eighty thousand dollars . . . 80,000 00
Fitchburg normal school, a sum not exceeding one
hundred sixty-five thousand seven hundred dollars 165,700 00
Fitchburg normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding forty-eight thousand dollars . . 48,000 00
For the cost of replacing the electric wiring in a
certain dormitory at the Fitchburg normal school,
a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars . . 6,000 00
Framingham normal school, a sum not exceeding one
hundred sixty-seven thousand nine hundred and
fifty dollars . . . . . . . 167,950 00
Framingham normal school boarding hall, a sum
not exceeding eighty-eight thousand two hundred
dollars . 88,200 00
Hyannis normal school, a sum not exceeding sixty
thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars . 60,325 00
Hyannis normal school boarding hall, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-four thousand five hundred dollars 34,500 00
For expenses of renovating and constructing an
addition to the kitchen facilities at the Hyannis
normal school, a sum not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand dollars ....... 15,000 00
Lowell normal school, a sum not exceeding seventy-
eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars . 78,450 00
North Adams normal school, a sum not exceeding
ninety thousand two hundred and fifty dollars . 90,250 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
147
Item
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
North Adams normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding thirty-two thousand dollars
Salem normal school, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred eleven thousand seven hundred and seventy-
five dollars .......
Westfield normal school, a sum not exceeding eighty-
one thousand two hundred dollars .
Westfield normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding twenty thousand two hundred dollars .
Worcester normal school, a sum not exceeding
ninety-five thousand seven hundred and fifty dol-
lars ........
Worcester normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding nine thousand dollars
Massachusetts School of Art, a sum not exceeding
one hundred six thousand seven hundred dollars .
For the cost of completing the new building for the
Massachusetts School of Art, as authorized by
item three hundred and seventy-three of chapter
one hundred and twenty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, a sum not ex-
ceeding four hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose
North Adams
$32,000 00 normal school.
Salem normal
school.
00
Westfield
00 normal school.
111,775
81,200
20,200
95,750
9,000
106,700
Worcester
normal school.
00
00
00
Massachusetts
00 School of Art.
450,000 00
Total
$1,894,100 00
Textile Schools:
367 For the maintenance of the Bradford Durfee textile
school of Fall River, a sum not exceeding seventy
thousand and fifty dollars, of which sum ten
thousand dollars is to be contributed by the city
of Fall River, and the city of Fall River is hereby
authorized to raise by taxation the said sum of
ten thousand dollars .....
368 For the maintenance of the Lowell textile institute,
a sum not exceeding one hundred sixty-five thou-
sand one hundred dollars, of which sum ten thou-
sand dollars is to be contributed by the city of
Lowell, and the city of Lowell is hereby authorized
to raise by taxation the said sum of ten thousand
dollars ........
369 For the maintenance of the New Bedford textile
school, a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand
two hundred dollars, of which sum ten thousand
dollars is to be contributed by the city of New
Bedford, and the city of New Bedford is hereby
authorized to raise by taxation the said sum of
ten thousand dollars .....
Total
Massachusetts Agricultural College:
370 For maintenance and current expenses, a sum not
exceeding nine hundred ninety-two thousand six
hundred and ten dollars .....
371 For an emergency fund to meet the needs of harvest-
ing big crops or other unforeseen conditions, which
clearly indicate that additional revenue will be
produced to equal the expenditure, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, provided, however,
that this appropriation be available only after
approval of particular projects covered by it has
been obtained from the governor and council
Bradford Dur-
fee textile school
of Fall River.
$70,050 00
Lowell textile
institute.
165,100 00
New Bedford
textile school.
75,200 00
$310,350 00
$992,610 00
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College.
5,000 00
148
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College.
Item
372 For the construction and equipment necessary for a
building for horticultural manufactures, a sum
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to the unexpended balance
remaining from item three hundred and seventy-
nine of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,
said balance being hereby made available for the
construction and equipment of said building for
horticultural manufactures .... $30,000 00
373 For the construction and equipment of an addition
to a certain building to be used as an abattoir for
the purpose of teaching animal husbandry, a sum
not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars . . 14,000 00
374 For the renovation of the dairy laboratory, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00
375 For the construction of a six-car garage, a sum not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . . 2,500 00
376 For the construction of roads, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand dollars 10,000 00
377 For the construction of a poultry house and hot
water brooder, a sum not exceeding two thousand
and fifty dollars 2,050 00
378 (This item omitted.)
378a For renovating and repairing the Brooks Farm barn,
so-called, and for the cost of a silo in connection
with the same, a sum not exceeding fifty-four hun-
dred dollars 5,400 00
Total
$1,065,560 00
Department of
Civil Service
and Registra-
tion.
Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Administration :
379 For personal services of telephone operator for the
department, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
and thirty dollars $1,230 00
Division of 380
Civil Service.
381
382
383
Division of Civil Service:
For the salaries of the commi.s.sioner and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding nine thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . $9,000 00
For other personal services of the division, a sum not
exceeding ninety-one thousand seven hundred
dollars . . . . . . 91,700 00
For other services and for printing the annual report,
and for office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding thirty thousand five hundred dollars . 30,500 00
For services and travehng expenses in conducting
investigations, as provided by sections thirty-three
and thirty-four of chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars 5,000 00
Total $136,200 00
Division of Registration:
Division of 384 For the salary of the director a sum not exceeding
Registration. eighteen hundred dollars ..... $1,800 00
385 For clerical and certain other personal services of the
division, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine thou-
sand three hundred dollars .... 29,300 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
149
Item
386
For services of the division other than personal,
printing the annual reports, office supphes and
equipment, except as otherwise provided, a sum
not exceeding thirteen thousand nine hundred
dollars ........
Total
Division of
Registration.
$13,900 00
$45,000 00
Board of Registration in Medicine:
387 For services of the members of the board, a sum not
exceeding forty-three hundred dollars
388 For personal services of members of the board and
examiners for the registration of chiropodists, a
sum not exceeding six hundred dollars
389 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars ......
Total
Board of Regis-
,300 00 tration in
Medicine.
600 00
500 00
$5,400 00
Board of Dental Examiners:
390 For services of the members of the board and clerical
assistance, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight hun-
dred dollars .......
391 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding twelve
hundred dollars ......
Total
Board of Dental
Examiners.
$3,800 00
1,200 00
$5,000 00
Board of Registration in Pharmacy :
392 For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding forty-three hundred dollars
393 For personal services of agent, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two hundred and eighty dollars
394 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding fifty-one
hundred dollars, the same to include the purchase
of an automobile for the use of the agent .
Total
Board of Registration of Nurses :
395 For services of members of the board, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one hundred dollars
396 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding three
hundred and sixty dollars ....
Total
Board of Registration in Embalming:
397 For compensation of members of the board, a sum
not exceeding three hundred dollars .
398 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding one
hundred and seventy-five dollars
Total
Board of Regis-
54,300 00 tration in
Pharmacy.
2,280 00
5,100 00
$11,680 00
Board of Regis-
^100 00 tration of
' Nurses.
360 00
$2,460 00
Board of Regis-
$300 00 tration in
Embalming.
175 00
$475 00
Board of Registration in Optometry :
399 For personal services of members of the board, a sum
not exceeding nineteen hundred dollars
400 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding two
hundred and fifty dollars .....
Board of Regis-
$1,900 00 tration in
Optometry.
250 00
Total
$2,150 00
150
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Item
Board of Regis- 401
tration in
Veterinary
Medicine.
402
Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine :
For services of the members of the board and secre-
tary, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . $600 00
For other services, printing the annual report, travel-
ing expenses, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding three hundred dollars . . . 300 00
Total $900 00
State Examin-
ers of Elec-
tricians.
Board of Regis- 404
tration of Pub-
lic Accountants.
405
State Exam-
iners of
Plumbers.
State Examiners of Electricians :
403 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding sixteen
hundred dollars $1,600 00
Board of Registration of Public Accountants:
For services of members of the board, a sum not ex-
ceeding six himdred and seventy-five dollars . 675 00
For expenses of examinations, including the prepa-
ration and marking of papers, and for other ex-
penses, a sum not exceeding twenty-two hundred
and twenty-five dollars 2,225 00
Total $2,900 00
State Examiners of Plumbers:
406 For services of the members of the board, a sum not
exceeding eleven hundred dollars . . . $1,100 00
407 For travehng expenses, a sum not exceeding twelve
hundred dollars 1,200 00
Total $2,300 00
Department of 408
Industrial
Accidents. .„q
410
411
412
Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.
For personal services of members of the board, a sum
not exceeding thirty-nine thousand dollars . . $39,000 00
For personal services of .secretaries, medical adviser,
inspectors, clerks and office assistants, a sum not
exceeding one hundred twenty-five thousand five
hundred dollars ... . . 125,500 00
For expenses of impartial examinations, a sum not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars . . . 20,000 00
For traveling expenses, a sura not exceeding seventy-
seven hundred and fifty dollars .... 7,750 00
For other services, printing the annual report, neces-
sary office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding eleven thousand dollars . . . 11,000 00
Total
$203,250 00
Department of
Labor and
Industries.
Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.
413 For the salaries of the commissioner, assistant and
associate commissioners, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand five hundred dollars . . . $20,500 00
414 For clerical and other assistance to the commissioner,
a sum not exceeding forty-seven hundred and
seventy dollars . . . . . 4,770 00
415 For personal services for the inspectional service, a
sum not exceeding one hundred twenty-nine thou-
sand five hundred dollars 129,500 00
416 For personal services for the statistical service, a sum
not exceeding forty-three thousand five hundred
dollars 43,500 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
151
Item
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
For clerical and other personal services for the
operation of free employment offices, a sum
not exceeding fifty-four thousand five hundred
dollars $54,500 00
For clerical and other assistance for the board of
conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding
sixteen thousand dollars ..... 16,000 00
For personal services of investigators, clerks and
stenographers for the minimum wage service, a
sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars . 13,000 00
For compensation and expenses of wage boards, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . 2,500 00
For personal services for tlie division of standards, a
sum not exceeding thirty-one thousand two hun-
dred dollars 31,200 00
For traveling expenses of the commissioner, assist-
ant commissioner, associate commissioners and
inspectors of labor, and for services other than
personal, printing the annual report, rent of district
offices, and office supplies and equipment for the
inspectional service, a sum not exceeding thirty
thousand five hundred dollars .... 30,500 00
For services other than personal, printing reports
and publications, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment for the statistical service,
a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars . 11,000 00
For rent, necessary office supplies and equipment
for the free employment offices, a sum not exceed-
ing fourteen thousand five hundred dollars . . 14,500 00
For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the board of con-
ciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars . . . . . . 4,000 00
For services other than personal, printing, traveling
expenses and office supplies and equipment for
minimum wage service, a sum not exceeding
thirty-three hundred dollars .... 3,300 00
For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the division of
standards, a sum not exceeding ten thousand eight
hundred dollars . . . . . . 10,800 00
Department of
I>abor and
Industries.
Total .
$389,570 00
Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.
428 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceed-
ing nine thousand dollars .....
429 For personal services of officers and employees, a
sum not exceeding one hundred three thousand
dollars ........
430 For transportation and medical examination of state
charges under its charge for the present year
and previous years, a sum not exceeding fourteen
thousand dollars ......
431 For the support of state charges boarded in families
under its charge, or temporarily absent under its
authority, for the present year and previous years,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars .
432 For the support of state charges in the Hospital
Cottages for Children, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand dollars ....
Department
).ooo 00 °if,S4^i
103,000 00
14,000 00
5,000 00
18,000 00
152
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Department
of Mental
Diseases.
Item
433
434
For the expenses of investigating the nature, causes
and results of mental diseases and defects and the
publication of the results thereof; and of what
further preventive or other measures might be
taken and what further expenditures for investi-
gation might be made which would give promise of
decreasing the number of persons afflicted with
mental diseases or defects; and for making a sur-
vej' of the feeble-minded within the common-
wealth and an estimate of the number requiring
hospital or custodial care or training such as the
institutions for the feeble-minded are especially
equipped to give, a sum not exceeding thirty-six
thousand dollars . . . . . . $36,000 00
For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses and office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding seventeen thou-
sand five hundred dollars ..... 17,500 00
Total $202,500 00
Psychiatric
examination.
Psychiatric examination :
435 For services and expenses of psychiatric examina-
tions of prisoners, a sum not exceeding sixty-five
thousand dollars ......
$65,000 00
New Metro-
politan Hos-
pital.
New Metropolitan Hospital :
436 For maintenance, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars; provided, that the comptroller is hereby
authorized to approve for payment in the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, from the
date of opening of this hospital, until an appro-
priation is made, such sums as may be necessary
for the maintenance of its patients and the opera-
tion of the hospital ......
437 For the further development of the new hospital in
the metropolitan district, a sum not exceeding one
million one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to and for the
same general purposes as appropriations pre-
viously made .......
50,000 00
Total
1,125,000 00
$1,175,000 00
Institutions
under control
of Department
of Mental
Boston psycho-
pathic hospital.
Boston state
hospital.
Danvers
state hospital.
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Mental Diseases:
438 Boston psychopathic hospital, a sum not exceeding
two hundred fifty-four thousand seven hundred
dollars $254,700 00
439 Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred fifty thousand one hundred and eighty
dollars 850,180 00
440 For renewing and enlarging certain steam fines at the
Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding forty
thousand dollars . . . . . 40,000 00
440a For the purchase of certain land with buildings
thereon for the Boston state hospital, a sum not
exceeding forty thousand dollars . . 40,000 00
441 Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred twenty-nine thousand seven hundred
dollars 729,700 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
153
Item
442 For providing further for the disposal of sewage at
the Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars .....
443 For the expense of remodeling the gas house, so-
called, and improving Grove Hall at the Danvers
state hospital, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven
thousand dollars ......
444 For demolishing the old power house, changing
steam mains and other supply lines, and improv-
ing pumping facilities at the Danvers state hospi-
tal, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand
dollars ........
445 Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding four
hundred eight thousand dollars
446 For constructing and furnishing a building for em-
ployees at the Foxborough state hospital, a sum
not exceeding one hundred ten thousand dollars .
447 For building a salvage yard at the Foxborough state
hospital, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........
448 For the construction of a cottage for an officer at the
Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars ......
449 Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding four
hundred forty-one thousand six hundred dollars .
450 For the expense of providing building accommoda-
tions for dairy purposes at the Gardner state
colony, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........
451 For constructing and furnishing a building for semi-
disturbed men at the Gardner state colony, a sum
not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars
452 Grafton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred eighty-six thousand six hundred dollars .
453 For the cost of building a sun porch on the building
known as Pines D at the Grafton state hospital,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars
454 For the purchase of certain land for the Grafton
state hospital, a sum not exceeding fifty-seven
hundred dollars ......
455 Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding six
hundred sixty-nine thousand five hundred and
eightjf dollars .......
456 For the cost of providing additional water supply
for the Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceed-
ing forty thousand dollars ....
457 Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
four hundred ninety-nine thousand dollars .
458 For the cost of furnishing a nurses' home at the
Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand dollars .....
459 For constructing and furnishing a superintendent's
house at the Northampton state hospital, a sum
not exceeding twenty-two thousand five hundred
dollars ........
460 Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred eighty-five thousand six hundred and
twenty dollars ......
461 For completing the renovation of the rear center,
including the kitchen, and the construction of new
dining rooms at the Taunton state hospital, a sum
not exceeding one hundred forty thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose
Danvers
state hospital.
S20,000 00
37,000 00
17,000 00
Foxborough
408,000 00 state hospital.
110,000 00
3,000 00
6,000 00
Gardner
441,600 00 ^^^^^ '=°'°"y-
3,000 00
150,000 00
Grafton
586,600 00 ^*^'® hospital.
10,000 00
5,700 00
669,580 00
40,000 00
Medfield
state hospital.
Northampton
499,000 00 state hospital.
10,000 00
22,500 00
Taunton
state hospital.
585,620 00
140,000 00
154
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Taunton
state hospital.
Westborough
state hospital.
Worcester
state hospital.
Monson
state hospital.
Belchertown
state school.
Item
462 For the cost of equipment for the kitchen and cafe-
teria at the Taunton state hospital, a sum not
exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . $15,000 00
463 Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred seventy-six thousand three hundred and
forty dollars . . . . . . . 576,340 00
464 For constructing an addition to Codman building
at the Westborough state hospital, a sum not
exceeding thirty-seven thousand dollars . . 37,000 00
465 Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred seventy-one thousand four hundred and
ten dollars 871,410 00
466 For the construction of two cottages for officers at
the Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars 12,000 00
467 For the construction of a cow barn and hay barn
at the Worcester state hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty thousand dollars . . . 30,000 00
468 Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding four
hundred sixty-eight thousand three hundred and
forty dollars 468,340 00
469 For the construction of a hay barn at the Monson
state hospital, a sum not exceeding eight thou-
sand dollars 8,000 00
470 For the cost of furnishing a male attendants' home
at the Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding
sixty-eight hundred dollars .... 6,800 00
471 For the construction of certain additions to male
and female hospital buildings at the Monson state
hospital, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand
dollars . ... . 35,000 00
472 For the cost of furnishing a children's building at
the Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding
ninety-four hundred dollars .... 9,400 00
473 Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding three
hundred seventy-seven thousand one hundred
and seventy dollars ...... 377,170 00
474 For the cost of building additional walks at the
Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 2,000 00
475 For the purchase of certain buildings known as
Hillside school, for the Belchertown state school,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . . 500 00
476 For extension of the water and sewerage system at
the Belchertown state school, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-three thousand dollars . . . 23,000 00
477 For constructing and furnishing a hospital building
at the Belchertown state school, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred five thousand dollars . . 105,000 00
478 For furnishing and equipping the dairy at the
Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one hundred and ninety dollars . . 2,190 00
479 For remodeling a house on the Town Farm property,
so-called, and for increasing the food service and
other facilities at the farm cottage group at the
Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars .... 25,000 00
480 For the cost of furnishing the schoolhouse at the
Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
twenty-eight hundred dollars .... 2,800 00
481 For the cost of furnishing employees' cottage No. 5
at the Belchertown state school, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . . . 2,500 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
155
Item
482 Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not exceed-
ing six hundred forty-five thousand five hundred
and eighty dollars .....
483 For the extension of hot water lines at the Walter
E. Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand five hundred dollars
484 For demolishing the old power house and laundry
building, and for the erection of a storehouse,
including the cost of refrigeration, upon the site
of said power house at the Walter E. Fernald
state school, a sum not exceeding eighty thousand
dollars .......
484a For the construction of a garage at the Walter E.
Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five hundred dollars .....
485 For equipment for certain school-rooms at the
Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen hundred dollars ....
486 For the purchase of additional laundry machinery
for the Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not
exceeding ninety-two hundred and ten dollars
487 Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding five
hundred nine thousand four hundred dollars
488 For expense of resetting certain boilers at the Wren-
tham state school, a sum not exceeding forty-
five hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........
489 For furnishings for contagious hospital at the Wren-
tham state school, a sum not exceeding fifty-six
hundred dollars ......
490 For the cost of constructing an addition to Dormi-
tory K at the Wrentham state school, a sum not
exceeding ninety-five hundred dollars
491 For furnishings for nursery building at the Wren-
tham state school, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars ......
492 (This item omitted.)
493 For constructing a nursery building at the Wrentham
state school, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars ........
494 For the construction of a garage at the Wrentham
state school, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars ........
Walter E.
Fernald
$645,580 00 ^^^*^ ^'=*'°°'-
12,500 00
80,000 00
7,500 00
1,500 00
9,210 00
Wrentham
509,400 00 state school.
4,500 00
5,600 00
9,500 00
6,000 00
50,000 00
5,000 00
Total
$9,634,920 00
Service of the Department of Correction.
495 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars .... $6,000 00
496 For personal services of deputies, members of the
board of parole and advisory board of pardons,
agents, clerks and stenographers, a sum not ex-
ceeding eighty-three thousand four hundred
dollars _ . 83,400 00
497 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars 7,500 00
498 For traveling expenses of officers and employees of
the department when required to travel in the
discharge of their duties, a sum not exceeding
ninety-nine hundred and fifty dollars . . 9,950 00
Department
of Correction.
156
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Department
of Correction.
Item
499
500
501
502
For the removal of prisoners, to and from state in-
stitutions, a sum not exceeding nine thousand
dollars . . . . . . $9,000 00
For assistance to prisoners discharged from the
state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, prison
camp and hospital, and state farm, and to dis-
charged female prisoners, a sum not exceeding
fourteen thousand five hundred dollars . . 14,500 00
For services of guards, and for the purchase of
equipment needed for the employment of pris-
oners authorized by section eighty-two of chap-
ter one hundred and twenty-seven of the Gen-
eral Laws, a sum not exceeding sixty-two hun-
dred dollars 6,200 00
For the relief of the families and dependents of in-
mates of state penal institutions, a sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars .... 500 00
Total $137,050 00
Institutions
under control
of Department
of Correction.
State farm.
State prison.
Massachusetts
reformatory.
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
Prison camp
and hospital.
510
511
512
Reformatory
for women.
513
514
'
515
516
State prison
517
colony
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Correction:
State farm, a sum not exceeding six hundred fifty-
one thousand seven hundred dollars . . . $651,700 00
For the construction of an addition to the building
for defective delinquent females at the State farm,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars 100,000 00
For the construction of an office building for the
department of criminal insane at the State farm, a
sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . 15,000 00
For the purchase of certain equipment for the new
kitchen at the State farm, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand five hundred dollars .... 10,500 00
State prison, a sum not exceeding three hundred
seventy-eight thousand nine hundred dollars . 378,900 00
Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding
three hundred ninety-four thousand seven hun-
dred dollars 394,700 00
For the purchase of certain land for the Massachu-
setts reformatory, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars , . 1,000 00
Prison camp and hospital, a sum not exceeding
seventy thousand eight hundred dollars . . 70,800 00
For the construction of a storehouse and office build-
ing at the prison camp and hospital, a sum not
exceeding thirty-six hundred dollars . . . 3,600 00
For the purchase of certain barns for the prison camp
and hospital, a sum not exceeding six hundred
dollars . 600 00
Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding one
hundred seventy-one thousand eight hundred
dollars 171,800 00
For the town of Framingham, according to a con-
tract for sewage disposal at the reformatory for
women, the sum of six hundred dollars . . 600 00
For the cost of draining certain lands at the reforma-
tory for women, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars 2,500 00
For the construction of fire walls at the reformatory
for women, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars 1,000 00
State prison colony, a sum not exceeding seventy-
three thousand eight hundred dollars . . . 73,800 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
157
Item
518
519
For continuing the work at the state prison colony of
construction of buildings and purchase of certain
land, and for expenses incidental to the completion
of the wall, for grading, and for any necessary ex-
penditure in connection with the development
of said colony, a sum not exceeding one hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......
For the cost of driving test wells for water supply at
the state prison colony, a sum not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars .....
State prison
colony.
$125,000 00
Total
1,500 00
$2,003,000 00
Service of the Departmenl of Public Welfare.
Administration :
520 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
621 For personal services of officers and employees and
supervision of homesteads and planning boards,
a sum not exceeding forty-two thousand nine
hundred dollars ......
522 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, including expenses of
auxiliary visitors, office supplies and expenses, and
contingent expenses for the supervision of home-
steads and planning boards, a sum not exceeding
seventy-two hundred dollars ....
522a For an investigation and survey to ascertain the
number of crippled children in the commonwealth
who are not receiving the benefit of treatment at
the Massachusetts hospital school, at a cost not to
exceed ten thousand dollars, of which amount five
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated in antic-
ipation of a further sum to be appropriated in
nineteen hundred and thirty ....
Total
Division of Aid and Relief:
523 For personal services of officers and employees, a
sum not exceeding one hundred eighteen thousand
dollars ........
524 For services other than personal, including traveling
expenses and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars .
525 For the transportation of poor persons under the
charge of the department, for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding eight thou-
sand dollars .......
The following items are for reimbursement of
cities and towns for expenses of the present year
and previous years, and are to be in addition to
any amounts heretofore appropriated for the
purpose :
526 For the payment of suitable aid to mothers with
dependent children, a sum not exceeding four
hundred seventy-three thousand dollars
527 For the burial by cities and towns of poor persons
who have no legal settlement, a sum not exceeding
seventy-three hundred dollars ....
Department of
$6,000 00 Public Welfare.
42,900 00
7,200 00
5,000 00
$61,100 00
Division of Aid
and Relief.
$118,000 00
21.000 00
8,000 00
Reimburse^
ment of cities
473,000 00 ^p^J^^e^o/"
certain aid, etc.
7,300 00
158
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Item
Reimburse- 528
merit of cities
and towns for
payment of
certain aid, etc. 529
530
Division of
Child Guar-
dianship.
531
532
533
534
Division of 535
Juvenile Train-
ing, Trustees of
Massachusetts ~r,r-
Training ""J"
Schools.
Boys' Parole. 537
Girls' Parole.
538
539
540
541
For expenses in connection with smallpox and other
diseases dangerous to the public health, a sum not
exceeding fifty-nine thousand dollars .
For the support of sick poor persons who have no
legal settlement and for cases of wife settlement,
a sum not exceeding seventy-one thousand dollars
For temporary aid given to poor persons with no
legal settlement, and to shipwrecked seamen by
cities and towns, a sum not exceeding eight hun-
dred ten thousand dollars .....
$59,000 00
71,000 00
810,000 00
Total $1,567,300 00
Division of Child Guardianship:
For personal services of officers and employees, a sum
not exceeding one hundred seventy thousand five
hundred dollars $170,500 00
For services other than personal, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars . . . ... . 4,000 00
For tuition in the public schools, including trans-
portation to and from school, of children boarded
or bound out by the department, for the present
and previous years, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred five thousand dollars . . . . 205,000 00
For the care and maintenance of children, for the
present and previous years, a sum not exceeding
one million and fifty thousand dollars . . 1,050,000 00
Total
$1,429,500 00
Division of Juvenile Training, Trustees of Massa-
chusetts Training Schools:
For services of the secretary and certain other per-
sons employed in the executive office, a sum not
exceeding twelve thousand four hundred dollars $12,400 00
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling and other expenses
of the members of the board and employees,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-three hundred dollars . . . 3,300 00
Boys' Parole:
For personal services of agents in the division for
boys paroled and boarded in families, a sum not
exceeding thirty-eight thousand one hundred and
ninety dollars . . . . . . 38,190 00
For services other than personal, including traveling
expenses of the agents and boys, and necessary
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty thousand five hundred dollars . 20,500 00
For board, clothing, medical and other expenses in-
cidental to the care of boys, a sum not exceeding
seventeen thousand five hundred dollars . . 17,500 00
Girls' Parole:
For personal services of agents in the cUvision for
girls paroled from the industrial school for girls, a
sum not exceeding twenty-nine thousand nine
hundred and seventy dollars .... 29,970 00
For traveling expenses of said agents for girls pa-
roled, for board, medical and other care of girls,
and for services other than personal, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding four-
teen thousand five hundred dollars . . . 14,500 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
159
Item
542
Tuition of children:
For reimbursement of cities and towns for tuition
of children attending the public schools, a sum
not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars .
Total
Reimburse-
ment of cities
t.500 00 -d^S
of children.
$140,860 00
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the institutions under the control of
the trustees of the Massachusetts training
schools, with the approval of said trustees, as
follows :
543 Industrial school for boys, a sum not exceeding
one hundred sixty-three thousand five hundred
dollars ........
544 For the expense of providing a new system of sew-
age disposal at the industrial school for boys, a
sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars .
545 Industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty-four thousand six hundred dollars
540 For expenses of constructing an addition to and re-
modeling certain wards in the infirmary building
at the industrial school for girls, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars
547 For the purchase of certain electrical equipment,
and for constructing a line for the same, at the
industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars ....
548 Lyman school for boys, a sum not exceeding two
hundred forty-four thousand six hundred dollars
549 For the construction of a brick cottage at the Lyman
school for boys, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five thousand dollars .....
Total
Institutions
under control
of Massachu-
setts training
schools.
Industrial
school for boys.
$163,500 00
8,000 00
Industrial
154,600 00 school for girls.
15,000 00
3,500 00
Lyman school
244,600 00 for boys.
75,000 00
$664,200 00
Massachusetts Hospital School:
550 For the maintenance of the Massachusetts hospital
school, to be expended with the approval of the
trustees thereof, a sum not exceeding one hundred
ninety-five thousand one hundred dollars .
Massachusetts
Hospital School.
$195,100 00
State Infirmary:
551 For the maintenance of the state infirmary, to be
expended with the approval of the trustees thereof,
a sum not exceeding one million seven thousand
one hundred dollars ....
552 For the construction of a new building to be used
as a maternity ward, a sum not exceeding thirty-
one thousand dollars .....
553 For the purchase of certain land with buildings
thereon, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........
554 For the purchase of certain land to protect the
source of water supply, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars ......
State Infirniary.
1,007,100 00
31,000 00
2,000 00
2.000 00
Total
$1,042,100 00
555
Service of the Department of Public Health.
Administration :
For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars .
Department of
$7,500 00 Public Health.
Administration .
160
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Department of
Public Health.
Administration.
Item
556
557
For personal services of the health council and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand
dollars $19,000 00
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding four-
teen thousand dollars ..... 14,000 00
Division of
Hygiene.
Division of Hygiene:
558 For personal services of the director and assistants,
a sum not exceeding thirty-three thousand dollars 33,000 00
559 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
sixteen thousand six hundred dollars . . . 16,600 00
Maternal and 560
Child Hygiene.
561
Maternal and Child Hygiene:
For personal services for extending the activities of
the division in the protection of mothers and con-
servation of the welfare of children, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars . . 21,000 00
For other expenses for extending the activities of
the division in the protection of mothers and con-
servation of the welfare of children, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand nine hundred dollars . 10,900 00
Division of 562
Communicable
Diseases.
563
Division of Communicable Diseases:
For personal services of the director, district health
officers and their assistants, epidemiologists, bac-
teriologist and assistants in the diagnostic labora-
tory, a sum not exceeding sixty-five thousand
dollars 65,000 00
For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
laboratory, office and other necessary supplies,
including the purchase of animals and equipment,
and rent of certain offices, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand five hundred dollars . . 18,500 00
Venereal
Diseases.
Venereal Diseases:
564 For personal services for the control of venereal dis-
eases, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand three
hundred dollars 12,300 00
565 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-four thousand dollars . . . 34,000 00
Wassermann 566
Laboratory.
567
Wassermann Laboratory:
For personal services of the Wassermann laboratory,
a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . 15,000 00
For expenses of the Wassermann laboratory, a sum
not exceeding fifty-two hundred dollars . . 5,200 00
Antitoxin and 568
Vaccine
Laboratories.
569
Antitoxin and Vaccine Laboratories:
For personal services in the investigation and pro-
duction of antitoxin and vaccine lymph and other
specific material for protective inoculation and
diagnosis of treatment, a sum not exceeding
sixty-three thousand four hundred dollars . . 63,400 00
For other services, supplies, materials and equip-
ment necessary for the production of antitoxin and
other materials as enumerated above, a sum not
exceeding thirty-nine thousand five hundred
dollars 39,500 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
161
Item
Inspection of Food and Drugs:
570 For personal services of the director, analysts, in-
spectors and other assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty thousand dollars .... $50,000 00
571 For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding fifteen thousand two hundred dollars . 15,200 00
Shellfish Law:
572 For personal services for administering the law
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding twenty-
one hundred dollars .....
573 For other expenses for administering the law
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding nine
hundred dollars ......
Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Engineer-
ing Division:
574 For personal services of the director, engineers,
clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
sixtj'-six thousand dollars ....
575 For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding eighteen thousand dollars .
Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Division of
Laboratories:
576 For personal services of laboratory director, chem-
ists, clerks and other assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty thousand dollars ...
577 For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding eighty-three hundred dollars
Total
Cancer Climes:
578 For personal services of certain cancer clinics, a sum
not exceeding twenty-nine thousand five hundred
dollars ........
579 For other expenses of certain cancer clinics, a sum
not exceeding thirty-three thousand nine hundred
dollars ........
580 For the care of radium after purchase, as authorized
by chapter three hundred and twentj'-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twentj'-seven,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00
Total $73,400 00
Division of Tuberculosis:
581 For personal services of the director, stenographers,
clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five thousand three hundred dollars . S35,300 00
582 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand four hundred dollars .... 10,400 00
583 To cover the payment of certain subsidies for the
maintenance of hospitals for tubercular patients,
a sum not exceeding two hundred forty-five thou-
sand dollars . . ... . 245,000 00
584 For personal services for certain children's clinics
for tuberculosis, a sum not exceeding fortj'-three
thousand five hundred dollars .... 43,500 00
Inspection of
Food and
Drugs.
Shellfish Law.
2,100
00
900
00
66,000
Water Supply
and Disposal
nr^ of Sewage,
^ Engineering
Division.
18,000
00
40,000
Water Supply
P,^ of Sewage,
"O Division of
Laboratories.
8,300
00
$575,400 00
Cancer Clinics.
$29,500 00
33,900
00
Division of
Tuberculosis.
162
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Division of
Tuberculosis.
Item
585
For other services for certain children's clinics for
tuberculosis, a sum not exceeding nineteen thou-
sand five hundred dollars .... $19,500 00
Total $353,700 00
Lakeville state
sanatorium.
North Reading
state sana-
torium.
Rutland state
sanatorium.
For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the sanatoria, as follows:
586 Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
two hundred forty-three thousand dollars . . $243,000 00
587 For additional fire protection at the Lakeville state
sanatorium, a sum not exceeding fifty-seven hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose 5,700 00
588 For the construction and furni.shing of a new build-
ing for children at the Lakeville state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thirty-two
thousand five hundred dollars .... 132,500 00
589 North Reading state sanatorium, a sum not ex-
ceeding two hundred eleven thousand dollars . 211,000 00
590 For the construction and furnishing of an admis-
sion and isolation building at the North Reading
state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred seventy-two thousand dollars . 172,000 00
591 For the expense of remodeling and increasing the
facilities at the power hou.se of the North Read-
ing state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding nine-
teen thousand dollars . . . . . 19,000 00
592 For improving the water supply and for additional
fire protection at the North Reading state sana-
torium, a sum not exceeding twenty-one thou-
sand dollars 21,000 00
593 Rutland state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
three hundred twenty-three thousand nine hun-
dred dollars 323,900 00
For furnishings for the building for women and
married employees at the Rutland state sana-
torium, there may be expended out of the unex-
pended balance of the appropriation for the con-
struction of said Ijuilding in item five hundred
and ninety-six of chapter one hundred and
twenty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, a sum not exceeding eight
thousand dollars.
Westfield state
sanatorium.
594 For improving the water supply system and install-
ing additional sprinkler heads at the Rutland state
sanatorium, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars . 15,000 00
595 Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
two hundred fifty-eight thousand nine hundred
dollars . 258,900 00
596 For improving the water supply and for additional
fire protection at the Westfield state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand seven hundred
dollars „ 10,700 00
Total
$1,412,700 00
Pondville can-
cer hospital.
Pondville Cancer Hospital:
597 For maintenance of the Pondville cancer hospital,
a sum not exceeding one hundred ninety-three
thousand four hundred dollars ....
$193,400 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
163
Item
598
599
600
For construction to provide additional hospital
facilities, including furnishings, and an out-
patient department, a sum not exceeding seventy-
eight thousand dollars .....
For the installation of automatic sprinklers, a sum
not exceeding twentj'-five hundred dollars .
For improvements to sewer beds, a sum not exceed-
ing twelve hundred dollars ....
Total
Pondville can-
cer hospital.
$78,000 00
2,500 00
1,200 00
$275,100 00
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Administration :
601 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....
602 For personal services of clerks and stenographers,
a sum not exceeding forty-eight thousand six
hundred dollars ......
603 For contingent expenses, including printing the
annual report, rent of district offices, supplies and
equipment, and all other things necessary for the
investigation of fires and moving picture licenses,
as required by law, and for expenses of adminis-
tering the law regulating the sale and resale of
tickets to theatres and other places of public
amusement by the department of public safety,
a sum not exceeding seventy-two thousand dollars
Division of State Police :
604 For the salaries of officers, including detectives, a
sum not exceeding three hundred thirtj^-nine
thousand dollars ......
605 For personal services of civilian employees, a sum
not exceeding forty-five thousand six hundred
dollars ........
606 For other necessary expenses of the uniformed divi-
sion, a sum not exceeding three hundred thirty
thousand dollars ......
607 For traveling expenses of detectives, a sum not ex-
ceeding nineteen thousand dollars
608 For maintenance and operation of the police steamer,
a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars
609 For personal services, rent, supplies and equipment
necessary in the enforcement of statutes relative
to explosives and inflammable fluids and com-
pounds, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
dollars ........
Division of Inspection:
610 For the salary of the chief of inspections, a sum not
exceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars
611 For the salaries of officers for the building inspection
service, a sum not exceeding fifty-four thousand
dollars ........
612 For traveling expenses of officers for the building
inspection service, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars ......
613 For the salaries of officers for the boiler inspection
service, a sum not exceeding sixty-six thousand
dollars ........
614 For traveling expenses of officers for the boiler in-
spection service, a sum not exceeding twenty-three
thousand dollars ......
Department of
$6,000 00 Public Safety.
Administration.
48,600 00
Division of
State Police.
72,000 00
339,000 00
45,600 00
330,000 00
19,000 00
11,000 00
12.000 00
Division of
3,800 00 Inspection.
54,000 00
15,000 00
66,000 00
23,000 00
164
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Division of
Inspection.
Item
615
For services, supplies and equipment necessary for
investigations and inspections by the division, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars
$1,000 00
Board of
Elevator
Regulations.
Board of Elevator Regulations:
616 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding one
hundred and fifty dollars .....
150 00
Board of
Boiler Rules.
Board of Boiler Bules:
617 For personal services of members of the board, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars
618 For services other than personal and the necessary
traveling expenses of the board, oflice supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ........
1.000 00
500 00
Total
$1,047,650 00
Troop head-
quarters.
State police
Bub-stations.
Specials :
619 For the cost of constructing necessary buildings for
troop headquarters, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item six hundred and
twenty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight ........
620 For the cost of constructing necessary buildings for
two state police suli-stations, a sum not exceeding
fiftv thousand dollars .....
$15,000 00
50,000 00
Total
$65,000 00
Fire Prevention Q2\
District Service.
State fire
marshal.
622
623
624
625
Fire Prevention District Service (the maintenance
of this service, as provided in items 621, 623
and 625, is to be assessed upon certain cities and
towns making up the fire prevention district,
as provided by law) :
For the salary of the state fire marshal, a sum not
exceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars . . $3,800 00
For personal services of fire inspectors, a sum not
exceeding thirty thousand three hundred dollars . 30,300 00
For other personal services, a sum not exceeding
nineteen thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars . 19,950 00
For traveling expenses of fire inspectors, a sum not
exceeding twelve thousand one hundred dollars . 12,100 00
For other services, office rent and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
fifty-five hundred dollars 5,500 00
Total $71,650 00
State Boxing
Commission.
626
627
State Boxing Commis.sion:
For compensation and clerical assistance for the
state boxing commission, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand eight hundred and forty dollars . $12,840 00
For other expenses of the commission, a sum not
exceeding eleven thousand dollars . . . 11,000 00
Total
$23,840 GO
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
165
Item
628
629
630
Service of the Departjnent of Public Works.
The appropriations made in the following three
items are to be paid two thirds from the High-
way Fimd and one third from the Port of Bos-
ton receipts:
For the salaries of the commissioner and the asso-
ciate commissioners, a sum not exceeding nineteen
thousand five hundred dollars .... $19,500 00
For personal services of clerks and assistants to the
commissioner, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
eight hundred dollars . . . . . 10,800 00
For traveling expenses of the commissioners, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00
Total $34,300 00
Department of
Public Works.
Functions of the department relating to highways
(the following appropriations, except as other-
wise provided, are made from the Highway
Fund) :
631 For the personal services of the chief engineer,
engineers and office assistants, including certain
clerks and stenographers, a sum not exceeding
seventy-eight thousand eight hundred dollars . $78,800 00
632 For services other than personal, including printing
pamphlet of laws and the annual report, and
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars . . 12,000 00
633 For the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths
on state highways, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars 15,000 00
634 For the construction and repair of town and county
ways, a sum not exceeding two million dollars . 2,000,000 00
635 For aiding towns in the repair and improvement of
public wavs, a sum not exceeding nine hundred
thousand dollars . . . _ . . 900,000 00
636 For the maintenance and repair of state highways,
including care of snow on highways, expenses of
traffic signs and lights, and payment of damages
caused by defects in state highways with the ap-
proval of the attorney general, and for care and
repair of road-building machinery, a sum not
exceeding six million five hundred thousand dollars 6,500,000 00
637 For the maintenance and operation of the Newl^ury-
port bridge and the Brightman street bridge in Fall
River and Somerset, in accordance with the pro-
visions of existing laws, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand dollars .... 18,000 00
638 For the purpose of enabling the department of
public works to secure federal aid for the construc-
tion of highways, a sum not exceeding one milhon
five hundred thousand dollars . . . . 1,500,000 00
639 For administering the law relative to advertising
signs near highways, a svnn not exceeding fifteen
thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid from the
general fund .......
Highways.
Total
15,500 00
$11,039,300 00
Registration of Motor Vehicles:
640 For personal services, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred eighteen thousand dollars, to be paid
from the Highway Fund .....
Registration of
Motor Vehicles.
$818,000 00
166
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Registration of
Motor Vehicles.
Item
641
642
Department
relating to
waterways and
public lands.
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
For services other than personal, including traveling
expenses, purchase of necessary supplies and
materials, including cartage and storage of the
same, and for work incidental to the registration
and licensing of owners and operators of motor
vehicles, a sum not exceeding five hundred twenty-
two thousand dollars, to be paid from the High-
way Fund . S522,000 00
For printing and other expenses necessary in con-
nection with publicity for certain safety work, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars,
to be paid from the Highway Fund . . . 2,500 00
Total $1,342,500 00
Functions of the department relating to water-
ways and public lands :
For personal services of the chief engineer and assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand
dollars . . . . . . . $52,000 00
For services other than personal, including printing
pamphlet of laws and the annual report, and for
necessary office and engineering supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars . . . . . . . 3,000 00
For the care and maintenance of the province lands
and of the lands acquired and structures erected
by the Provincetown tercentenary commission,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00
For the maintenance of structures, and for repair-
ing damages along the coast line or river banks of
the commonwealth, and for the removal of wrecks
and other obstructions from tidewaters and great
ponds, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars 40,000 00
For the improvement, development and protection
of rivers and harbors, tidewaters and foreshores
within the commonwealth, as authorized by sec-
tion eleven of chapter ninetj'-one of the General
Laws, and of great ponds, a sum not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars, and any unexpended
balance of the appropriation remaining at the end
of the current fiscal year may be expended in the
succeeding fiscal year for the same purposes;
provided, that all expenditures made for the pro-
tection of shores shall be upon condition that at
least fifty per cent of the cost is covered by con-
tributions from municipalities or other organiza-
tions and individuals, and that in the case of
dredging channels for harbor improvements at least
twenty-five per cent of the cost shall be so covered 100,000 00
For re-establishing and permanently marking certain
triangulation points and sections, as required by
order of the land court in accordance with section
thirty-three of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws, as amended, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars . . . . . 1,000 00
For expenses of surveying certain town boundaries,
by the department of public works, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars .... 1,000 00
For the supervision and operation of commonwealth
pier five, including the salaries or other compen-
sation of employees, and for the repair and replace-
ment of equipment and other property, a sum not
exceeding one hundred ten thousand dollars, to be
paid from the Port of Boston receipts . . . 110,000 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
167
Item
651
652
653
654
655
For the maintenance of pier one, at East Boston, a
sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to be
paid from the Port of Boston receipts
For the maintenance and improvement of common-
wealth property under the control of the depart-
ment in connection with its functions relating to
waterways and public lands, a sum not exceeding
seventy thousand dollars, to be paid from the
Port of Boston receipts .....
For the operation and maintenance of the New Bed-
ford state pier, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars ........
For the compensation of dumping inspectors, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars
For continuing the work in gauging the flow of water
in the streams of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars
Total
Department
relating to
«c r\f\(\ f\n waterways and
fS,UUU W public lands.
70,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
4,000 00
$404,000 00
Specials :
656 For dredging channels and filling flats, a sum not
exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid
from the Port of Boston receipts and to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......
657 For expenses of locating state boundary monuments,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .
Total
Specials.
$25,000 00
1,000 00
$26,000 00
Service of the Deparlment of Public Utilities.
658 For personal services of the commissioners, a sum not
exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars, of which
sum one half shall be assessed upon the gas and
electric companies in accordance with existing
provisions of law ...... $36,000 00
659 For personal services of secretaries, employees of the
accounting department, engineering department
and rate and tariff department, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars,
of which sum ten thousand and ninety dollars shall
be assessed upon the gas and electric companies
in accordance with existing provisions of law . 27,800 00
660 For personal services of the inspection department,
a sum not exceeding forty thousand six hundred
and eighty dollars 40,680 00
661 For personal services of clerks, messengers and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
two hundred and fifty-five dollars, of which sum
one half shall be assessed upon the gas and elec-
tric companies in accordance with existing pro-
visions of law ....... 12,255 00
662 For personal services of the telephone and telegraph
division, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
seven hundred dollars ..... 13,700 00
663 For personal services and expenses of special in-
vestigations, including legal assistants as needed,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, pro-
vided that in case of emergency this sum may
be made available for expenses in the service of
gas and electric companies .... 10,000 00
Department of
Public Utilities.
168
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Department of
Public Utilities.
Item
664
665
666
667
For stenographic reports of hearings, a sum not
exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars . . $3,500 00
For traveling expenses of the commissioners and
emplovees, a sum not exceeding eighty-two hun-
dred and fifty dollars . . . 8,250 00
For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding forty-eight hundred dollars . . 4,800 00
For stenographic reports of evidence at inquests held
in cases of death by accident on or about rail-
roads, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
.dollars ........
Total .
2,500 00
. $159,485 00
Items to be ggg
assessed upon
gas and electric
companies.
669
670
671
672
673
The following six items are to be assessed upon
the gas and electric companies:
For personal services of the cUvision of inspection of
gas and gas meters, a sum not exceeding twenty-
two thousand five hundred dollars . . . $22,500 00
For expenses of the division of inspection of gas and
gas meters, including office rent, traveling and
other necessary expenses of inspection, a sum not
exceeding seventy-nine hundred dollars . . 7,900 00
For services and expenses of expert assistants, as
authorized 1)y law, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars 5,000 00
For other services, printing the annual report, for
rent of offices and for necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding thirteen thou-
sand dollars ....... 13,000 00
For the examination and tests of electric meters, a
sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . . 600 00
For expenses of the department of public utilities
incurred in the performance of its functions rela-
tive to gas, electric, and water companies and
municipal lighting plants, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five thousand dollars .... 35,000 00
Total $84,000 00
Smoke Abate-
ment.
Smoke Abatement:
674 For services and expenses in connection with the
abatement of smoke in Boston and vicinity, under
the direction and with the approval of the de-
partment of pulilic utilities, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars, the same to be assessed
upon the cities and town of the district set forth
in section one of chapter six hundred and fifty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, as
amended .......
$15,000 00
Sale of
Securities.
Sale of Securities:
675 For personal services in administering the law
relative to the sale of securities, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-three thousand six hundred dol-
lars . 23,600 00
676 For expenses other than personal in administering
the law relative to the sale of securities, a sum
not exceeding seventy-three hundred dollars . 7,300 00
Total
$30,900 00
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
169
Item
677
678
Miscellaneous.
For the maintenance of Bunker Hill monument and
the property adjacent, to be expended by the
metropolitan district commission, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirteen thousand dollars . . . $13,000 00
For certain grading and other improvements on the
grounds at Bunker Hill monument, to be ex-
pended by the metropolitan district commission,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00
Total $23,000 00
Bunker Hill
monument,
etc., main-
tenance.
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
The following five items are to be paid from the
Highway Fund:
For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, with
the approval of the metropolitan district com-
mission, a sum not exceeding two hundred thirty-
seven thousand six hundred dollars, represent-
ing the state's portion or one half of the estimated
cost of maintenance ......
For resurfacing of boulevards and parkways, with
the approval of the metropolitan district com-
mission, a sum not exceeding fiftj' thousand dol-
lars, representing the state's portion or one half
of tne estimated cost of resurfacing .
For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, with
the approval of the metropolitan district commis-
sion, for the installation of a certain electric light-
ing system, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
five hundred dollars, representing the state's
portion or one half of the estimated cost
For the construction of a certain parkway or boule-
vard along the southerly side of the Charles
river basin, as authorized by chapter three hun-
dred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, a sum not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars, representing the state's
portion or one half of the estimated cost of
construction, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .
For maintenance of Wellington bridge, with the
approval of the metropolitan district commis-
sion, a sum not exceeding thirty-one hundred
dollars ........
Total
Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
For the compensation of veterans of the civil war
formerly in the service of the commonwealth,
now retired, a sum not exceeding thirty-three
thousand dollars ......
For the compensation of any veteran who may be
retired by the governor under the provisions of
sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, inclusive, of chap-
ter thirty-two of the General Laws, as amended,
a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars .
For the compensation of certain prison officers and
instructors formerlj' in the service of the com-
monwealth, now retired, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand five hundred dollars .
Boulevards and
parkways.
$237,600 00
50,000 00
12,500 00
Parkway or
boulevard along
southerly side
of Charles
river basin.
100,000 00
Wellington
bridge.
3,100 00
$403,200 00
Unclassified
Accounts
and Claims.
$33,000 00
6,000 00
30,500 00
170
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Unclassified
Accounts
and Claims.
Item
687
688
For the compensation of state police officers formerly
in the service of the commonwealth, and now
retired, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred
dollars $7,500 00
For the compensation of certain women formerly
employed in cleaning the state house, and now
retired, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars 900 00
Total S77,900 00
Certain
other aid.
For certain other aid:
689 For the compensation of certain public employees
for injuries sustained in the course of their em-
ployment, as provided by section sixty-nine of
chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General
Laws, as amended, a sum not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars . . . . . . $30,000 00
690 For the payment of certain annuities and pensions
of soldiers and others under the provisions of
certain acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding
fifty-eight hundred and sixty-one dollars . . 5,861 00
Total $35,861 00
Reimbursing
officials for
premiums, etc.
691 For reimbursing officials for premiums paid for
procuring sureties on their bonds, as provided
by existing laws, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty dollars . . . . . . . $150 00
692 For payment in accordance with law of such claims
as may arise in consequence of the death of fire-
men and of persons acting as firemen, from in-
juries received in the discharge of their duties, a
sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars . . 30,000 00
693 For payment of any claims, as authorized by section
eight}'-nine of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws, as amended, for allowances to the families
of members of the department of public safety
doing police duty killed or fatally injured in the
discharge of their duties, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars .... 2,500 00
694 For small items of expenditure for which no ap-
propriations have been made, and for cases in
which appropriations have been exhausted or have
reverted to the treasury in previous years, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars . . . 1,000 00
695 For reimbursement of persons for funds previously
deposited in the treasury of the commonwealth on
account of unclaimed savings bank deposits, a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . . 500 00
Total $34,150 00
Deficiencies.
Deficiencies. For deficiencies in certain appropriations of previous
years, in certain items, as follows :
Judicial Department.
Superior Court:
Judicial De- For traveling allowance and expenses, the sum of
partment. sixteen hundred ninety-eight dollars and sixty-
Superior Court, eight cents .......
$1,698 68
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
171
Item
Justices of District Courts:
For expenses of justices of the district courts while
sitting in the superior court, the sum of seventy-
six dollars and seventy-three cents
$76 73
Justices of
District Courts.
Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Printing :
For printing and binding the blue book edition of the
acts and resolves of the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, the sum of four hundred seventy-six
dollars and twelve cents .....
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
476 12
Department of Education.
For the reimbursement of certain towns for the pay-
ment of tuition of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as provided
by law, the sum of eighty-five hundred fifty-three .
dollars and six cents ..... 8,553 06
For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as provided
by law, the sum of sixty-two hundred six dollars
and twenty-seven cents . . . . . 6,206 27
Department
of Education.
Department of Correction.
For the maintenance of the state prison, the sum of
one hundred forty-nine dollars and twenty-five
cents ........
Department of
Correction.
149 25
Massachusetts Agricultural College.
For the renovation of a certain farm house, the sum
of eight hundred dollars .....
Total
Massachusetts
800 00 Agricultural
College.
$17,960 11
Metropolitan District Commission.
The following items are to be assessed upon the
several districts in accordance with the methods
fixed by law, and to be expended under the
direction and with the approval of the metro-
poUtan district commission:
697 For maintenance of the Charles river basin, a sum
not exceeding two hundred fifteen thousand four
hundred dollars . . . . . . $215,400 00
698 For maintenance of park reservations, a sum not
exceeding eight hundred twenty-two thousand and
fifty dollars 822,050 00
699 For the expense of holding band concerts, a sum
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars . . 20,000 00
700 For fining and other improvements to certain land
of the metropohtan parks district in the town of
Dedham, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . 25,000 00
701 (This item reserved for further consideration.)
702 For services and expenses of the division of metro-
politan planning, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding
thirty-two thousand dollars .... 32,000 00
Metropolitan
District Com-
mission.
Division of
Metropolitan
Planning.
172
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 146.
Nantasket
beach reser-
vation.
Wellington
bridge.
Item
703
704
Boulevards 7Q5
and parkways.
ro6
Parkway or 707
boulevard along
southerly side
of Charles
river basin.
Boulevards 7O8
and parkways,
lighting system.
North metro- 709
politan sewer-
age district.
South metro-
politan sewer-
age district.
Metropolitan
water system.
710
711
Acquisition of 712
certain property
in Wachusett
water supply
basin.
Additional
Weston aque-
duct supply
main.
Payment of
certain
deficiency, etc.
713
714
For maintenance of the Nantasket beach reserva-
tion, a sum not exceeding eighty-five thousand
dollars . . . . . . . . $85,000 00
For maintenance of Wellington bridge, a sum not
exceeding ninety-three hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to the amount appropriated in
item six hundred and eighty-three . - . . 9,300 00
For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, a sum
not exceeding two hundred thirty-seven thousand
six hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item six hundred and
seventy-nine 237,600 00
For resurfacing of boulevards and parkways, a sum
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to the amount appropriated in
item six hundred and eighty .... 50,000 00
For the construction of a certain parkway or boule-
vard along the southerly side of the Charles river
basin, as authorized by chapter three hundred and
sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to the
amount approjiriated in item six hundred and
eighty-two, and to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 100,000 00
For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, for
the installation of a certain electric lighting sys-
tem, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item six hundred and
eighty-one . . . . . . 12,500 00
For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the north metropolitan sewer-
age district, a sum not exceeding three hundred
forty-seven thousand two hundred dollars . . 347,200 00
For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the south metropolitan sewer-
age district, a sum not exceeding two hundred
twenty-three thousand seven hundred dollars . 223,700 00
For the maintenance and operation of the metro-
politan water system, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred seventy-six thousand two hundred dollars 870,200 00
For acquiring certain property in the Wachusett
water supply basin, with the approval of the
governor and council, for the protection of the
purity of the water supply, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose 25,000 00
For the construction of an additional Weston aque-
duct supply main, a sum not exceeding four hun-
dred thousand dollars . . . . . 400,000 00
For the payment of a certain deficiency for the main-
tenance of the metropolitan -water system, the
sum of seventy-four dollars and eighty-five cents . 74 85
Total $3,481,024 85
General and Highway Funds
Metropolitan District Commission
$54,571,169 11
3,481,024 85
Written ap-
proval of
governor and
council re-
quired for
Section 3. No expenditures in excess of appropriations
provided for under this act shall be incurred by any depart-
ment or institution, except in cases of emergency, and then
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 147. 173
only upon the prior written approval of the governor and expenditures
council.
Section 4. The sums appropriated for maintenance of Certain aiiow-
certain institutions include allowances for the purchase of Tu ■I'j^propria-
coal to April first, nineteen hundred and thirty, and balance ^I'l'^^-ntgnance
representing these sums may be carried forward at the end of certain
(• ,1 n 1 institutions.
or the nscal year.
Section 5. No payment shall be made or obligation No payment
incurred under authority of any special appropriation made consu^ction°Jf
by this act for construction of public buildings or other •J|!,s''etc" 'Ifntii
improvements at state institutions until plans and speci- pirn's have
fications have been approved by the governor, unless other- by''gov^?nor.^
wise provided by such rules and regulations as the governor
may make.
Section 6. The budget commissioner is hereby directed Budget com-
. c5 . . . •' uiissioner to
to send a copy of sections three and five oi this act to each send copies of
departmental, divisional and institutional head immedi- Ind'five to '^^
ately following the passage of this act. part1nents%tc.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 22jJ.929.
An Act to regulate traffic at intersecting ways. Chap. 147
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter eighty-nine of the General Laws, ^j^, ^;^^^;,^^,g'j
as amended in section eight by section one of chapter three
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-six and by section four of chapter three hundred
and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, is hereby further amended by striking out said sec-
tion eight and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 8. Every driver of a motor or other vehicle approach- i^igi't of way
~. „ 1 • 1 c j_i 'it intersecting
mg an intersection or any ways, which for tlie purposes ways,
hereof shall mean the area embraced within the extensions
of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary
lines, of intersecting ways as defined in section one of chapter
ninety, shall grant the right of way to a vehicle which has
already entered such intersection, and every driver of a ve-
hicle entering such an intersection shall grant the right of
way to a vehicle so entering from his right at approximately
the same instant; but the foregoing provisions of this N'ot applicable
section shall not apply at any intersection of ways when a Instates"
driver is otherwise directed by a police officer, or by a law-
ful traffic regulating sign, device or signal maintained by
or with the written approval of the department of public
works and while said approval is in effect or otherwise
lawfully maintained.
Section 2. Said chapter eighty-nine is hereby further g. l, sq, § 9.
amended by striking out section nine, as inserted by section etc., amended.
two of said chapter three hundred and thirty and as amended
by section five of said chapter three hundred and fifty-
seven, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
174
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 148, 149.
Designation of
certain high-
ways as
through
ways.
Revocation.
Warning signs
and signals
to be erected,
etc.
Way joining
through way
at angle
deemed to
intersect it,
etc.
Section 9. For the purposes of this section, the depart-
ment of pubUc works may from time to time designate any-
state or other highway or part thereof as a through way,
and may after notice revoke any such designation; and any
city or town may, with the approval of said department and
while such approval is in effect, designate any way or part
thereof within the control of such city or town as a through
way and may, after notice and like approval, revoke any
such designation. Said department may, after notice, re-
voke any approval granted under this section. No such
designation of a through way shall become effective as to
regulation of traffic at any point of intersection with another
way until said department or the board or officer having
control of ways in a city or town, as the case may be, shall
have caused suitable warning signs and signals to be erected
at or near such point. Every vehicle immediately before
entering the limits of a through way except at a terminus
thereof shall be brought to a full stop except when the
driver is otherwise directed by a police officer, or by a law-
ful traffic regulating sign, device or signal maintained by
or with the written approval of said department and while
such approval is in effect or otherwise lawfully maintained.
For the purposes of this section, a way joining a through way
at an angle, whether or not it crosses the same, shall be
deemed to intersect it, and the word "way", unless the con-
text otherwise requires, shall include a through or other
way. Approved March 22, 1929.
Chap. 14:8 An Act authorizing the trustees of clark university
TO HOLD ADDITIONAL PROPERTY,
Trustees of
Clark Uni-
versity may
hold additional
property.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The trustees of Clark University, incorporated by chapter
one hundred and thirty-three of the acts of eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, may hold, for the purposes of its incorpo-
ration, property to an amount not exceeding ten million
dollars. Approved March 22, 1929.
Chap.\4Q An Act subjecting the office of chief engineer of the
FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NORTH ADAMS TO THE
CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of chief engineer of the fire de-
partment of the city of North Adams shall, upon the effective
date of this act, become subject to the civil service laws and
^dams subject pulcs and regulations relating to permanent members of
laws. fire departments of cities, and the term of office of any in-
cumbent thereof shall be unlimited, except that he may be
removed in accordance with such laws and rules and regu-
lations; but the person holding said office on said effective
date may continue therein without taking a civil service
examination.
Office of chief
engineer of
fire depart-
ment of city
of North
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 150, 151. 175
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance Submission to
to the registered voters of the city of North Adams at its '°*®''^'
city election in the current year in the form of the following
question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used at said election: "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, en-
titled 'An Act subjecting the office of chief engineer of the
fire department of the city of North Adams to the civil
service laws', be accepted?" If a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said
question, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not other-
wise. Approved March 22, 1929.
An Act authorizing the city of marlborough to appro- (^hnjy 1 50
PRIATE MONEY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING IN ^'
SAID CITY DURING THE CURRENT YEAR THE STATE CONVEN-
TION OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Marlborough may appropriate a City of
sum, not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, for the may awr^o^pri-
purpose of providing proper facilities for public entertain- •'^^f,,'!^^" fwi-
ment at the time of the state convention of the Veterans of ities for holding
Foreign Wars of the United States to be held in said city 'ruHng cur^rent
during the current year and of paying expenses incidental ^^jj^^gntjon'^of
to such entertainment. Money so appropriated shall be veterans of
expended under the direction of the mayor of said city. nf^t hi united
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. states.
Approved March 23, 1929.
An Act extending the boundaries of the dracut water (Jjidjf \^\
SUPPLY district AND AUTHORIZING SAID DISTRICT TO MAKE
AN ADDITIONAL WATER LOAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The boundaries of the Dracut Water Supply pracut water
District, established by chapter four hundred and thirty- f^^t?'^ ^'^'
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and five and extended boundaries
by section one of chapter one hundred and eighteen of the "^^^ ^ ■
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, are hereby
further extended so as to include the territory hereinafter
described and such taxable inhabitants of the town of Dracut
as reside in said territory : —
Beginning at a point on the Lowell and Dracut line three
hundred feet westerly of the middle of Mammoth road ; and
thence running northerly by a line parallel with and three
hundred feet westerly from the middle of Mammoth road
to a point one thousand feet northerly of the intersection of
the middle line of Mammoth road with the middle line of
Gerrish avenue; thence northeasterly by a line parallel with
176 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 152.
and one thousand feet northwesterly from the middle line
of Gerrish avenue crossing Donahue road and running to a
point three hundred feet northeasterly from the middle of
said Donahue road; thence running southeasterly by a line
parallel with and three hundred feet northeasterly from the
middle of Donahue road to the intersection of the westerly
line of the present water district; thence southerly or south-
westerly by the westerly line of the present water district
to the Lowell line ; thence westerly by the Lowell line to the
point of beginning.
SJrrow^i^m SECTION 2. For the purpose of meeting the expense of
etc. ' laying mains and pipes in the district as extended by this
act, the said district may borrow from time to time such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate
ten thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
Dracut Water which shall bear on their face the words, Dracut Water
iZn.'-A^t'of'''' Supply District Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue
1920. shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
payable in not more than thirty years from their dates.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
/oanTtc*^"^ Section 3. The said district shall, at the time of au-
thorizing the said loan or loans, provide for the payment
thereof in accordance with section two of this act; and when
a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the
income derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay
the annual expense of operating the water works and interest
as it accrues on bonds or notes issued as aforesaid, and to
make such payments on the principal as may be required
under this act, shall, without further vote, be assessed upon
the said district by the assessors of the town of Dracut
annually thereafter until the debt incurred by said loan or
loans is extinguished.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 23, 1929.
Chap. 152 An Act extending the time within which the Chatham
WATER COMPANY SHALL COMMENCE OPERATIONS UNDER ITS
CHARTER.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:
1926, 346 §10, Section 1. Section ten of chapter three hundred and
amen e forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twentj^-six is
hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the word
"three" and inserting in place thereof the word: — five, —
Time within SO as to read as follows: — Section 10. This act shall take
wttwCom-^^'" effect upon its passage, but any action thereunder shall be
pany shall yoid uulcss watcr is actually withdrawn or diverted under
operations authority thereof within five years from the date of its
chart;;^^ passage.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ajjproved March 23, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 153. 177
An Act relative to additional water supply for the nj^pj^ i kq
AMHERST WATER COMPANY. ^ '
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of isso, i79, § 2,
the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty, as amended in sec- ^ ° '^™^'^ ®
tion two by section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and three, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section two and insert-
ing in place thereof the following : — Section 2. Said corpo- The Amherst
ration may take, hold and convey into and through the town p^n^^r^aT'
of Amherst or any part thereof, the water of what is known take certain
as the Amethyst brook, formerly valley, situated in the town Tstate^'e'te!
of Pelham, the same to be diverted at any point or points
upstream from the Amherst-Pelham boundary line, and
likewise may take, hold and convey the waters of the tribu-
taries thereof in the town of Pelham including Buffum brook,
and may also take and convey into said town of Amherst the
water of what is known as Atkins pond and of the basin
connected therewith and of the outlet brook therefrom which
is a tributary of Mill river, of Nurse brook and of Dean
brook, so-called, said Nurse and Dean brooks being about
eighteen hundred feet distant from said pond and running
parallel with each other where they cross the highway lead-
ing from the Amherst town line to East Leverett; and may
divert into said Atkins pond the water of said Nurse and
Dean brooks or any part thereof and may also take and con-
vey into said town of Amherst or divert into said Atkins
pond the water of Adams brook, of which said Nurse and
Dean brooks are tributaries, at any point or points not more
than twenty-five hundred feet downstream from the above
mentioned highway leading from the Amherst town line to
East Leverett; said pond, basin. Nurse and Dean brooks
being situated in the town of Shutesbury in the county of
Franklin, and said Adams brook and said outlet brook
from Atkins pond being situated part in the town of Shutes-
bury in the county of Franklin and part in the town of
Amherst in the county of Hampshire; and may take and
hold by purchase or otherwise any real estate necessary for
the preservation and purity of the same, or for forming any
dams or reservoirs including the raising of said Atkins pond
and basin connected therewith, and for laying and main-
taining aqueducts and pipes for distributing the waters so
taken and held; and may lay its water pipes through any
private lands, with the right to enter upon the same and dig
therein for the purpose of making all necessary repairs;
and for the purposes aforesaid may carry its pipes under or
over any water course, street, railroad, street railway, high-
way or other way, in such manner as not to obstruct the
same; may, for the purposes aforesaid, under the direction
of the town, county or state authorities, as the case may be,
raise or change the location of any street or highway, and
178
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 153.
May take water
from certain
wells in town
of Leverett.
May take
necessary lands,
etc.
May erect
dams, etc.,
make excava-
tions, etc.
Proviso.
May lay aque-
ducts, etc.,
under and over
any land, water
courses, rail-
roads, public
or other ways,
etc.
Restrictions as
to entry upon
railroad
locations.
may, under the direction of the board of selectmen, enter
upon and dig up any road or other way for the purpose of
laying or repairing its aqueducts, pipes or other works; and
in general may do any other acts and things convenient or
proper for carrying out the purposes of this act.
Section 2. Said corporation may for the purposes stated
in said chapter one hundred and seventy-nine, and all amend-
ments thereof, including this act, take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, and may hold and convey, the
waters or so much thereof as may be necessary, of any under-
ground water from wells which may be constructed or sunk
at any suitable points for such supply in the town of Leverett
not farther than one mile from the southerly boundary of
said town, and may take or acquire and hold as aforesaid
any water rights connected therewith, and also all lands,
rights of way and easements necessary for holding such
water, for preserving and protecting the quality thereof and
for conveying the same to the town of Amherst. For the
purposes set forth in said chapter one hundred and seventy-
nine and all amendments thereof including this act, said
corporation may erect on the land thus taken or held proper
dams, buildings, standpipcs, fixtures and other structures,
and may make excavations, procure and operate machinery
and provide such other means and appliances, and do such
other things, as may be necessary for the establishment and
maintenance of complete and effective water works for the
purposes aforesaid ; provided, that no source of water supply
for domestic purposes or lands necessary for preserving or
protecting the quality of such water shall be acquired under
this act without the consent of the department of public
health, and that the location of all dams, reservoirs, wells,
or other works for collecting or storing the water shall be
subject to the approval of said department. The provisions
of section six of said chapter one hundred and seventy-nine
shall apply to water taken under this section.
Section 3. For the aforesaid purposes, said corporation
may construct, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes
and other works under and over any land, water courses,
canals, dams, railroads, railways and public or other ways,
and along, under or over any highway or other way in the
towns of Amherst, Shutesbury and Pelham and in the said
part of Leverett, in such manner as not unnecessarily to
obstruct the same; and for the purpose of constructing,
laying, maintaining and repairing such aqueducts, conduits,
pipes and other works, and for all such purposes, said cor-
poration may dig up, raise and embank any such lands,
highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
hindrance to public travel, and may, for the purposes afore-
said, under the direction of the town, county or state au-
thorities, as the case may be, raise or change the location of
any street or highway. Said corporation shall not enter upon,
construct or lay any aqueduct, conduit, pipe or other works
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 153. 179
within the location of any raih'oad or street railway company
except at such times and in such manner as it may agree
upon with such company, or, in case of failure so to agree,
as may be approved by the department of public utilities.
For the aforesaid purposes, said water corporation may take May take
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General IH^"^"^ ''*°'^^*
Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all
lands, rights of way and easements in said towns of Amherst
and Pelham or said parts of said towns of Leverett and
Shutesbury, necessary for receiving, holding and distributing
said water, and any person injured in his property by any Recovery of
such taking or by a taking under section two may recover '*'*"*'*ees.
damages from said corporation under said chapter seventy-
nine.
Section 4. Said corporation may distribute water May distribute
throughout the said parts of the towns of Leverett and parts'^of"towM°
Shutesbury and in that part of the town of Pelham adjacent shute^sbu"'and
to the distributing pipes, may regulate the use of the water Peiham, fix
and may, subject to the approval of the department of public ''^^^^' ®*^''"
utilities, establish and fix from time to time, and may collect,
the rates for the use of said water. Said corporation shall
upon application supply water for the extinguishment of
fires and for domestic and other purposes to said parts of
the towns of Leverett, Shutesbury and Pelham and to any
fire or water district hereafter established in any of said towns,
and to any individual firm, association or corporation therein,
upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon or, in case
of failure so to agree, as may be determined by the depart-
ment of public utihties.
Section 5. Said corporation may hold all such lands. May hold aii
waters, water rights, easements and property of every kind waTef dght^?^^'
and description as may be necessary for the purposes set etc.
forth in said chapter one hundred and seventy-nine and all
amendments thereof, including this act, and may issue, in May issue
addition to the stock and bonds of the corporation heretofore stock'and
issued, such other and additional stock and bonds under the bonds, etc.
direction of the department of public utilities as that depart-
ment shall determine to be reasonably necessary for the
acquirement of and payment for the aforesaid property and
the payment of debts and all other expenditures in connection
with the operation, extension and carrying on of its business.
Section 6. Section five of said chapter one hundred and etc''' repealed
seventy-nine, as amended by section three of chapter one
hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
three and by section one of chapter five hundred and nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby repealed.
But such repeal shall not affect any act done, ratified or Certain acts
confirmed, any liability incurred or any right accruing or fi"* affected,
established before this repeal takes effect.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 23, 1929.
180
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 154, 155.
Chap. 154: An Act to provide for suspension of payment of assess-
ments FOR betterments IN THE CASE OF THE MYSTIC
society OF MEDFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Suspension of Section 1. The city council of the city of Medford may
a^seSments for In its discretioii suspend payment of betterments assessed
case^oTMystic" upou the property of the Mystic Society of Medford, a
Society of rcHgious society, for a pubhc improvement resulting from
the laying out, widening and construction of Salem street
in said city, and may at any time thereafter in its discretion
revoke such suspension.
Same subject. SECTION 2. If the payment of an assessment is sus-
pended under the provisions of this act, such assessment
shall not bear interest unless and until such suspension shall
be revoked, and, upon such revocation, the assessment shall,
notwithstanding such suspension, be subject thereafter to
the provisions of chapter eighty of the General Laws so far
as applicable, in the same manner as though the assessment
were made at the time of such revocation.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 23, 1929.
County com-
missioners of
Barnstable
county may
acquire a cer-
tain parcel of
land for
purpose of
enlarging the
county court
house grounds
in town of
Barnstable.
Chap. 155 ^^ ^^^ AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE
COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE TO ACQUIRE A CERTAIN PARCEL
OF LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENLARGING THE COUNTY
COURT HOUSE GROUNDS IN THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of enlarging the county
court house grounds in the town of Barnstable, of providing
more light and air for and better means of access to the
county court house and of providing space for the future
enlargement of said building, the county commissioners of
the county of Barnstable may, at any time within five years
from the effective date of this act, acquire in fee by purchase
or by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the
General Laws, a parcel of land, containing approximately
one quarter of an acre, and bounded on the north by the
county road, so-called, on the east by land of Mabel Cox and
on the south and west by said county court house grounds
as now existing; provided, that said land shall not be ac-
quired by purchase at a price in excess of eight thousand
dollars.
Section 2. In order to provide funds for carrying out
the provisions of section one, the treasurer of said county,
with the approval of the county commissioners, may borrow
from time to time, on the credit of the county, such sums as
may be necessary, not exceeding eight thousand dollars in
case of a purchase as aforesaid or the amount of the judg-
ment in case of a taking as aforesaid, and may issue notes of
the county therefor payable in not more than one year from
County treas-
urer may
borrow money,
issue notes,
etc.
amended.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 156, 157, 158. 181
their dates. Such notes shall bear on their face the words,
Barnstable County Court House Grounds Improvement BarnstaWe
Loan, Act of 1929 and shall be signed by the treasurer of the House^GrouJids
county and countersigned by a majority of the county com- Lo!rn°Ac?Sr
missioners. The county may sell the said notes at public or 1929. '
private sale upon such terms and conditions as the county
commissioners may deem proper, but not for less than their
par value. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five
of the General Laws. Approved March 23, 1929.
An Act relative to the membership rights and liabili- QJiavA^Q
TIES OF cities AND TOWNS AND OTHER POLITICAL SUB-
DIVISIONS OP THE COMMONWEALTH HOLDING POLICIES
ISSUED BY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seventy-six of chapter one hundred and seventj^- aL.^175, §76,
five of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out
the paragraph included in hnes nine to eleven, inclusive, and
inserting in place thereof the following : — Any city or town Membership
or other political subdivision of the commonwealth or any [i'abUittel of
other corporation becoming a member of such a company tj,*^i,n^g''^'„'^ji
may authorize any person to represent it in such company, other political
and such representative shall have all the rights of any indi- of common-^
vidual member. The contingent mutual liability of any city ""oflc^gs'irsuld^
or town or other political subdivision of the commonwealth by mutual ^
becoming a member of such a company shall not be deemed companies.
a liability within the meaning of section thirty-one of chapter
forty-four. The commissioner shall, upon request of any
official of a city or town or other political subdivision of the
commonwealth, furnish a hst of the mutual companies
authorized to transact business in the commonwealth.
Approved March 25, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of falmouth to appro- Chap. 157
PRIATE MONEY FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Falmouth may, by a two thirds Jo^nof
. , i r j-U il Falmouth may
vote, appropriate each year a sum not exceedmg three thou- appropriate
sand dollars for providing amusements or entertainments of pui"n^imuse-
a public character. The money so appropriated by the town ments.
shall be expended under the direction of the board of select-
men.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 26, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of Orleans to appropriate Chap. 158
MONEY FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Orleans may, by a two thirds Town of
. , ii-ij-/: Orleans may
vote, appropriate each year a sum not exceedmg twenty-nve appropriate
182
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 159, 160.
money for
public amuse-
ments.
hundred dollars for providing amusements or entertainments
of a public character. The money so appropriated by the
town shall be expended under the direction of the board of
selectmen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 26, 1929.
Chap. 159 An Act relative to certain assignments of wages.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 154, § 3,
amended.
Requisites for
validity of
assignments
of wages.
Chapter one hundred and fifty-four of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section three and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 3. No assignment
of or order for future wages other than one subject to the
preceding section shall be valid for a period exceeding two
years from the making thereof, nor unless made to secure a
debt contracted prior to or simultaneously with the execution
of said assignment or order, nor unless executed in writing in
the standard form set forth in section five and signed by the
assignor in person and not by attorney, nor unless such
assignment or order states the date of its execution, the money
or the money value of goods actually furnished by the assignee
and the rate of interest, if any, to be paid thereon. Three
fourths of the weekly earnings or wages of the assignor shall
at all times be exempt from such assignment or order, and no
assignment or order shall be valid which does not so state
on its face. No such assignment or order shall be valid
unless the written acceptance of the employer of the assignor,
and, if the assignor is a married man, the written consent of
his wife to the making thereof, are endorsed thereon or at-
tached thereto. Approved March 27, 1929.
Chap. 160 An Act providing for the prompt payment of soldiers'
relief in certain cases.
G. L. 115, § 17,
etc., amended.
Notice to
certain officials
of application
for military
aid or soldiers'
relief.
Procedure in
case of un-
reasonable de-
lay in aiding
applicant.
Penalty.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seventeen of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the
General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is
hereby further amended by striking out the second paragraph
and inserting in place thereof the following : —
If an applicant for military aid or soldiers' relief has a
settlement outside of the town where the application is made,
the official required to act thereon shall, within three days,
notify the corresponding official in the town of the applicant's
settlement, and also the commissioner. If the town of settle-
ment of an applicant for soldiers' relief unreasonably delays
in aiding the applicant after receipt of said notice, the town
of the applicant's residence shall forthwith grant such aid as
the commissioner may order, and the town so granting such
aid shall be reimbursed in full therefor by the town of the
applicant's settlement. Any town official required to act on
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 161, 162. 183
such order of the commissioner who refuses and neglects to
comply therewith shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.
Approved March 27, 1929.
An Act authorizing the department of public health pUn^) 161
TO disseminate information relative to the public ^'
HEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section five of chapter one hundred and eleven of the g. l. iii, § 5,
General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and ^*'^' ^n^ended.
twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"gather" in the eighth line the words: — and disseminate, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 6. The department shall dutlerof "^
take cognizance of the interests of health and life among the department of
citizens of the commonwealth, make sanitary investigations ''^ ic eat .
and inquiries relative to the causes of disease, and especially
of epidemics, the sources of mortality and the effects of
localities, employments, conditions and circumstances on the
public health, and relative to the sale of drugs and food and
adulterations thereof; and shall gather and disseminate such
information relating thereto as it considers proper for diffu-
sion among the people. It shall advise the government con-
cerning the location and other sanitary condition of any
public institution; and shall have oversight of inland waters,
sources of water supply and vaccine institutions; and may,
for the use of the people of the commonwealth, produce and
distribute antitoxin and vaccine lymph and such specific
material for protective inoculation, diagnosis or treatment
against tj^phoid fever and other diseases as said department
may from time to time deem it advisable to produce and
distribute; and may sell, under such rules, regulations or
restrictions as the council may establish, such amounts of the
various biologic products prepared or manufactured in the
laboratories of the department, as constitute an excess over
the amounts required for the diagnosis, prevention and
treatment of infectious diseases within the commonwealth.
It shall annually examine all main outlets of sewers and
drainage of towns of the commonwealth, and the effect of
sewage disposal. Approved March 27, 1929.
An Act relative to reimbursement of the common- fhn^ i AO
WEALTH FOR CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FOR THE DIVISION
OF SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSURANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of the General g. l. i78,ji7,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section seventeen, ^ *'" *™^"
as amended by chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and inserting
184
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 163.
Reimbursement
of common-
wealth for cer-
tain expendi-
tures for
division of
savings bank
life insurance.
Apportionment
among savings
and insurance
banks.
Proviso.
in place thereof the following : — Section 1 7. There shall be
paid to the commonwealth on account of sums expended by
it for the division of savings bank life insurance during the
3^ear ended on November thirtieth next preceding, the follow-
ing amounts: On December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, a sum equal to twenty-five per cent thereof; on
December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty, a sum
equal to forty per cent; on December fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and thirty-one, a sum equal to fifty-five per cent;
on December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-two,
a sum equal to seventy per cent; on December fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and thirty-three, a sum equal to eighty-
five per cent; on December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
thirty-four, and on December fifteenth in each year thereafter,
a sum equal to the total amount. Said sums so to be repaid
to the commonwealth shall be apportioned by the trustees
of the General Insurance Guaranty Fund among the savings
and insurance banks in proportion to their premium income,
or on such other basis as the said trustees shall deem equitable
and proper, and said banks shall be assessed therefor in
accordance with such apportionment; provided, that no
savings and insurance bank shall be assessed for any part of
said expenditure unless and until it shall have accumulated
in its insurance department a surplus fund of not less than
twenty thousand dollars as provided in sections five, nineteen
and twenty-one, or unless and until five years shall have
elapsed from the date when it shall have been licensed by the
commissioner of insurance to issue policies and make annuity
contracts, whichever event shall sooner happen. Any sum
so apportioned to banks so exempted shall be paid to the
commonwealth by the trustees of the General Insurance
Guaranty Fund from the interest income thereof on or before
December fifteenth in each year as above provided.
Approved March 27, 1929.
C hap. IQS -^N Act providing for an additional water supply for
THE MEDFIELD STATE HOSPITAL.
Department of
mental diseases
may acquire
land for
purpose of pro-
viding an
additional
water supply
for Med field
state hospital.
May install
wells, erect
buildings, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of mental diseases, for the
purpose of acquiring an additional supply of pure water for
domestic and other purposes at the Medfield state hospital,
may, in the name and on behalf of the commonwealth, take
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, or acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise, and
hold, such lands and interests in land in the town of Med-
field, as are necessary for wells and the protection thereof
and for a pipe line from such wells to said hospital; may in-
stall wells, erect buildings and other structures, make exca-
vations, procure and operate machinery, construct, lay and
maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works under
or over any lands, water courses, railroads, railways and
pubhc or other ways, and along such ways, in said town, in
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 164. 185
such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same, and
for the purpose of constructing, laying, maintaining, operat-
ing and repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, and
for all other proper purposes of this act, said department
may dig up or raise and embank lands, highways or other
ways, in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to
public travel on such ways; provided, that said department Proviso,
shall not enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or
other works within the location of any railroad corpoi-ation,
except at such time, and in such manner as it may agree
upon with such corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree,
as may be approved by the department of public utilities;
and provided, further, that all water for domestic purposes
and lands necessary for preserving the quality of such
water shall be taken or acquired only with the advice and
approval of the department of public health.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 28, 1929.
An Act relative to the water and sewerage board ChavA^^L
OF THE TOW^N OF WAKEFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter seventy-nine of the 1924, 79, § i,
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four is hereby amended ^'"^"
by striking out, in the first line, the words "sewer commis-
sioners" and inserting in place thereof the words: — water
and sewerage board, — and by striking out, in the ninth
line, the word "commissioners" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — board, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 1. The water and sewerage board of the town of frfeTftstn^town
Wakefield may determine the value of the benefit or ad- of Wakefieid.
vantage to every parcel of real estate in the town beyond the
general advantage to all real estate therein from the con-
struction hereafter of any sewer or extension of any existing
sewer or from the doing of any other work authorized by the
provisions of chapter three hundred and seventy-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred, and may assess on every such
parcel a proportionate share of such part, not exceeding two
thirds, as said board shall deem just, of the expenses in-
curred by the town for the improvements aforesaid, pro- Proviso.
vided that no assessment on any parcel of real estate shall
exceed the value of the special benefit to that parcel.
Section 2. Section two of said chapter seventy-nine is 192-1, 79, § 2,
hereby amended bj^ striking out, in the sixth line, the words '*">®"'*^'*-
"sewer commissioners" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — water and sewerage board, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 2. The town of Wakefield may, how- Same subject.
ever, at any town meeting after this act is accepted, vote
that two thirds of the estimated average cost of the com-
pletion or extension of the existing sewer system or systems
in said town be thereafter assessed upon the estates bene-
fited b}^ said system or systems, and in such case the water
186
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 165, 166.
Proviso.
and sewerage board of said town shall fix a uniform rate
according to the frontage of estates upon any street or way
in which a sewer is constructed or according to the area of
estates within a specified distance from such street or way
or according to both frontage and area, and shall make all
assessments, thereafter levied, in accordance with such rate,
provided that no assessment on any parcel of real estate
shall exceed the value of the special benefit to that parcel.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 28, 1929.
Chap. 165 An Act authorizing the town of oak bluffs to borrow
MONEY TO MEET FINAL JUDGMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF LAND
TAKEN FOR PARK PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of paying final judgments
rendered against the town of Oak Bluffs for the taking of
land for park purposes, the said town may borrow from
time to time, within a period of five years from the passage
of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, seventy thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words. Oak Bluffs Park Land Loan, Act of 1929. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of
such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be
raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit but shall, except as provided herein, be
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive
of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 28, 1929.
Town of Oak
Bluffs may
borrow money
to meet final
judgments
on account
of land taken
for park pur-
poses.
Oak Bluffs
Park Land
Loan, Act of
1929.
Chap
G. L. 175.
§ IISB, etc.,
amended.
.166 An Act relative to the establishment of classifica-
tions OF risks and premium charges under the com-
pulsory motor vehicle liability insurance law,
so-called.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section one hundred and
thirteen B, as inserted by section four of chapter three hun-
dred and forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, and as amended by chapter one hundred and
eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven,
by section six of chapter three hundred and eighty-one of the
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 166. 187
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and by section
two of chapter thirty-four of the acts of the current year,
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 113B. ^"^J^Sfi"
The commissioner shall, annually on or before September cations of risks
fifteenth, after due hearing and investigation, fix and es- charges to be
tablish fair and reasonable classifications of risks and ade- "hargedl^y
quate, just, reasonable and non-discriminatory premium companies,
charges to be used and charged by companies in connection
with the issue or execution of motor vehicle liability policies
or bonds, both as defined in section thirty-four A of chapter
ninety, for the ensuing calendar year or any part thereof.
He shall, on or before said date, sign memoranda of the Certified copy
classifications and premium charges fixed and established by tfons and"^'
him in such form as he may prescribe and file the same in schedule of
his office, and cause a duly certified copy of such classifica- charges to be
tions and schedule of premium charges forthwith to be compTniesf^"
transmitted to each company authorized to issue such etc.
policies or to execute such bonds. During said calendar
year, the classifications and premium charges fixed and
established by the commissioner for such policies shall be
used by all companies issuing such policies, and the classi-
fications and premium charges for such bonds shall be used
b}^ all companies acting as surety on such bonds.
The commissioner shall cause notice of every such hearing Notice of
to be given by advertising the date thereof once in at least advertised,^e\c.
one newspaper printed in each of the cities of Boston,
Worcester, Springfield, Newburyport, Gloucester, Pittsfield,
Fall River, New Bedford, Haverhill and Lawrence, at least
ten days prior to said date, and he shall incorporate in such
notice or publish therewith a schedule clearly and precisely
setting forth the premium charges proposed to be fixed and
established for the ensuing calendar year. Such notice
and schedule shall be in such form as the commissioner may
deem expedient.
The commissioner may make, and, at any time, alter or Rules and
amend, reasonable rules and regulations to facilitate the '^eguiations.
operation of this section and enforce the application of the
classifications and premium charges fixed and established
by him, and to govern hearings and investigations under this
section. He may at any time require any company to file Filing of data,
with him such data, statistics, schedules or information as etc°Ty*'°"'
he may deem proper or necessary to enable him to fix and companies,
establish or secure and maintain fair and reasonable classi-
fications of risks and adequate, just, reasonable and non-
discriminatory premium charges for such policies or bonds.
He may issue such orders as he finds proper, expedient or Certain orders
necessary to enforce and administer the provisions of this ^fonTr"^""^"
section, to secure compliance with any rules or regulations
made thereunder, and to enforce adherence to the classifi-
cations and premium charges fixed and established by him.
The supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk shall fujid^court
have jurisdiction in equity upon the petition of the com- may enforce
missioner and upon a summary hearing, to enforce all law- ^^^^^^-
188 >
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 167.
Actions, orders,
etc., of com-
missioner to be
public records.
Review by
supreme ju-
dicinl court of
actions, orders,
etc., of com-
missioner.
Order of
notice, issuance,
service, etc.
Speedy hearing.
Actions, orders,
etc., in effect
pending court
decision, etc.
Jurisdiction
of court, etc.
Court decision
final.
Rules, etc
court to
govern pro-
ceedings, etc
by
Commissioner
to have access
to certificates,
etc.
Classific^ition
by mutual
companies of
motor vehicle
liability
policies, etc.,
for purpose of
paying divi-
dends, etc.
ful orders of the commissioner. Memoranda of all actions,
orders, findings and decisions of the commissioner shall be
signed by him and filed in his office as public records open
to public inspection.
Any person or company aggrieved by any action, order,
finding or decision of the commissioner under this section
may, within twenty days from the filing of such memo-
randum thereof in his office, file a petition in the supreme
judicial court for the county of Suffolk for a review of such
action, order, finding or decision. An order of notice re-
turnable not later than seven days from the filing of such
petition shall forthwith issue and be served upon the commis-
sioner. Within ten days after the return of said order of
notice, the petition shall be assigned for a speedy and sum-
mary hearing on the merits. The action, order, finding or
decision of the commissioner shall remain in full force and
effect pending the final decision of the court unless the court
or a justice thereof after notice to the commissioner shall by
a special order otherwise direct. The court shall have
jurisdiction in equity to modify, amend, annul, reverse or
affirm such action, order, finding or decision, shall review
all questions of fact and of law involved therein and may
make any appropriate order or decree. The decision of the
court shall be final and conclusive on the parties. The court
may make such order as to costs as it deems equitable.
The court shall make such rules or orders as it deems proper
governing proceedings under this section to secure prompt
and speedy hearings and to expedite final decisions thereon.
The commissioner, his deputies or examiners shall at all
times have access to the certificates defined in said section
thirty-four A filed with the registrar of motor vehicles.
Every mutual company issuing or executing motor
vehicle liability policies or bonds, both as defined in said
section thirty-four A, shall constitute such policies or bonds
as a separate class of business for the purpose of paying
dividends. Any dividends on such policies or bonds shall
be declared on the profits of the company from said class of
business. Approved March 28, 1929.
Chap. 167 An Act authorizing the city of westfield to reimburse
JAMES A. REAGAN FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES INCURRED BY
REASON OF INJURIES SUSTAINED BY HIS MINOR DAUGHTER
IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING OF SAID CITY.
City of West-
field may
reimburse
James A.
Reagan for
certain ex-
penses incurred
by reason of
injuries sus-
tained by
his minor
daughter in
high school
building of
said_city.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation, the city of Westfield may pay to James A.
Reagan, the father of Grace M. Reagan, a minor, the sum
of ninety-nine dollars and ten cents, to reimburse him for
expenses of medical and hospital care incurred by him on
account of injuries received by her on or about March fifth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, by reason of a defect
in the floor of the high school building of said city.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 1G8, 169. 189
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
during the current year by vote of the city council of said "tl^ *'"""'"''
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved March 28, 1929.
An Act relative to the management and control of (J]iar).\Q'&
THE STADIUM AND ATHLETIC FIELD IN THE CITY OF HAVER-
HILL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The school committee of the city of Haver- School com-
hill shall have sole management and control of the Haver- of'Hrverifiii^to
hill stadium and athletic field, so called, including the land Jj^'lj^naKement
and structures thereon, located in said city and to be used and control of
for purposes of school and other athletics and public events tthietic'fLw,
at which an admission fee may or may not be charged. ^^''■
Said school committee may lease or let said stadium and
athletic field for any of the aforesaid purposes upon such
terms and conditions as it may determine. All revenue
received by said school committee from said stadium and
athletic field shall be paid into the treasury of said city.
Acting on behalf of said city, said school committee shall
collect all money due to, and assume all obligations and
debts incurred by, the Haverhill stadium and athletic
field commission, established by chapter fifty-six of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen.
Section 2. Said chapter fiftj^-six of the Special Acts of j^g^ied^^'
nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby repealed.
Approved March 28, 1929.
An Act relative to the solemnization of marriage. ChavAQ^
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seven of the General Laws is g. l. 207, § 38,
hereby amended by striking out section thirty-eight and ''"^'^^'^i-
inserting in place thereof the following: — ^edfon 38. A ^f^^^^^^^"""
marriage may be solemnized in any place within the com-
monwealth by a minister of the gospel who resides in the
commonwealth and who is recognized by his church or de-
nomination as duly ordained and in good and regular stand-
ing as a minister of such church or denomination; by a
rabbi of the Israelitish faith, duly licensed by a congregation
of said faith established in the commonwealth, who has
filed with the clerk or registrar of the city or town where he
resides a certificate of the establishment of the synagogue,
the date of his appointment thei'eto and of the term of his
engagement; by a justice of the peace if he is also clerk or
assistant clerk of a city or town, or a registrar or assistant
registrar, in the city or town where he holds such office, or,
if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a court, in the city or
town where the court is authorized to be held, or, if he has
been designated as provided in the following section and
has received a certificate of designation and has qualified
190
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 170.
Churches, etc.
to file certain
information
with state
secretary.
thereunder, in the city or town where he resides; and it
may be solemnized among Friends or Quakers according to
the usage of their societies; but no person shall solemnize
a marriage in the commonwealth unless he can read and
write the English language.
Churches and other rehgious organizations shall file in the
office of the state secretary information relating to persons
recognized or licensed as aforesaid, in such form and at such
times as the secretary may require.
Approved March 28, 1929.
G. L. 125, § 10,
amended.
Oath of
subordinate
officers in state
prison, state
prison colony,
and in other
penal institu-
tions.
Chap. 170 An Act making certain provisions of law applicable
TO THE STATE PRISON COLONY AND TO OTHER PENAL
INSTITUTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-five of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
ten and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section
10. All subordinate officers of the state prison, state prison
colony, Massachusetts reformatory or reformatory for
women, before entering upon the performance of their
official duties, shall take and subscribe the following oaths:
I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will
support the constitution thereof. So help me, God.
I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will obey the lawful
orders of all my superior officers. So help me, God.
I, A. B., do solemnly swear and affirm that I will faith-
fully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties
incumbent on me in the office to which I have been appointed,
according to the best of my abilities and understanding,
agreeably to the rules and regulations of the constitution,
the laws of the commonwealth and the rules provided in
accordance with law for the government of the state prison
(state prison colony, Massachusetts reformatory or re-
formatory for women). So help me, God.
The oaths may be administered by any officer authorized
by law to administer oaths, and a record thereof shall be in
the possession of the warden or superintendent.
Section 2. Section twelve of chapter one hundred and
twenty-seven of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "the" the second time it occurs
in the second line the words: — state prison colony, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 12. An officer of the state
prison who holds his place at the pleasure of the warden,
or an officer or employee of the state prison colony, Massa-
chusetts reformatory, reformatory for women, prison camp
and hospital or state farm who holds his place at the pleasure
of the superintendent, who is unfaithful or incompetent, or
who uses intoxicating liquor as a beverage, shall be forth-
with removed by him.
G. L. 127, § 12,
amended.
Removal of
incompetent
officers of
prisons.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 171. . 191
Section 3. Chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the g. l. 268. § 19.
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section ^™^"'^'^'^-
nineteen and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 19. An officer or other person, who, being employed f^^g^f^ ^"^
in any penal institution, voluntarily suffers a convict con- consenting to
fined therein to escape, or in any way consents to such pe^niTunsti^
escape, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state tutions.
prison for not more than twenty years.
Section 4. Said chapter two hundred and sixty-eight is g. l. 268, § 31.
hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-one *'™''"*^e^-
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 31 . ^\x^^l%^^^ .
Whoever delivers or procures to be delivered, or has in his .ance of articles
po.'session with intent to deliver, to a convict confined in p°enai [nstitu-
any penal institution, or whoever deposits or conceals in or t'^^s.
about the institution, or the dependencies thereof, or upon
any land appurtenant thereto, or in any boat or vehicle
going into the premises belonging to the institution, any
article, with intent that a convict shall obtain or receive it,
and whoever receives from a convict any article with intent
to convey it out of the institution, contrary to the rules and
regulations thereof, and without the knowledge and per-
mission of the commissioner of correction or of the warden,
superintendent or officer in charge thereof shall be punished
by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by im-
prisonment in the state prison for not more than three years
or in jail for not more than two and one half years.
Approved March 29, 1929.
An Act providing certain financial protection to QJidj) I'Ji
MILK producers IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH LICENSED
MILK DEALERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section forty-one of chapter ninety-four of g. L.94 §41,
the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following : — Every inspector of milk shall J^fi^'^jo"'^^ °^
annually during the month of June, and at any other time furnish com-
upon special request of the commissioner of agriculture, agrfcuitu^rr^
furnish to him a list of dealers holding licenses for the sale annual lists
01 llC6nS6Cl
of milk, skimmed milk or cream who purchase the same miik dealers.
directly from producers in the commonwealth. If any in-
spector revokes such a license or reinstates such a license
previously revoked, he shall, within ten days after the
effective date of such revocation or reinstatement, notify
said commissioner in writing to that effect.
Section 2. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further g. l. 94, new
amended by inserting after section forty-two the following afterT42.
new section : — Section J^2A . Every person licensed under Certain licensed
section forty-one who purchases milk, skimmed milk or to'iubmit^'^^
cream directly from the producer in the commonwealth g'^'^P^f^^Y
shall, annually during the month of September and at such report an-
other times as the commissioner of agriculture shall request, co'lnmisl^oner.
prepare and submit to him upon a form provided therefor
192
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 172, 173.
Pent'lty for
failure to
make report,
etc.
by the department of agriculture a complete financial report
signed by the licensee, and verified by his oath or his written
declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury.
Any licensee neglecting to make such report or, if defective
or erroneous, to amend it within fifteen days after a request
so to do, shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars
for each consecutive period of twent.y-four hours during
which such neglect continues. Approved March 29, 1929.
Chap.172
G. L. 231. new
section after
§ 59 A.
Expediting the
collection of
debts.
When
operative.
An Act to expedite the collection of debts.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
fifty-nine A, inserted by section one of chapter five hundred
and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
under the title ^'Expediting the Collection of Debts" the
following new section : — Section 59B. In any action of
contract where the plaintiff seeks to recover a debt or
liquidated demand, he may, at any time after the defendant
has appeared or, in a removed case, after its entry, on
affidavit by himself or by any other person who can swear
to the facts of his own knowledge, verifying the cause of
action and stating that in his behef there is no defense
thereto, move for the immediate entry of judgment for the
amount of the debt or demand, together with interest if
any is claimed. The motion may be set down for hear'ng
upon four days' notice and after hearing the court may,
unless the defendant by affidavit, by his own evidence or
otherwise shall disclose such facts as the court finds entitle
him to defend, enter an order for judgment for the amount
of the debt or demand, with interest if any is due, and
costs. Judgment as aforesaid shall be entered at the ex-
piration of seven days from the order unless the defendant
in the meanwhile files a demand for trial; and if such demand
is filed as aforesaid the case shall be advanced for speedy
trial. If the defendant does not appear at said hearing or
file at or before the time set for hearing an affidavit setting
forth specifically and clearly the substantive facts upon which
he relies as a defense, the court may enter judgment by
default.
Section 2. This act shall become operative on Septem-
ber first of the current year. Approved March 29, 1929.
Chap. 173 An Act providing for prompt informal trials in the
superior court.
G. L. 231, new
section after
§60.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
sixty, under the title '^ Providing for Prompt Informal Trials
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 174. 193
in the Superior Court", the following new section: — Section Parties may
60 A. In any action at law or suit in equity after issue \va^ive certain
joined in the superior court, any party to the proceeding [,'faction*^^"
may, by a writing filed in the clerk's office, offer to waive atiavvor
any or all of the following : — equity after
(1) A trial by jury if it has been claimed. luplrlor'^co'lirt.
(2) The right to file interrogatories except as allowed
by the court.
(3) The rules of evidence to the end that any evidence
may be received which the court considers probative.
(4) The right to appeal from, or take exceptions to, any
ruling, order, judgment or decree except on a question of
substantive law.
A written notice of such offer with a copy thereof shall "^oi^o^trZ^hT
be served by registered mail, with return receipt requested, served, etc.
upon the other party or his attorney not less than ten days
before the trial of the action or suit. If such offer is not
rejected by a writing filed in the clerk's office within ten
days after such notice or within such further time as the
court may on motion allow, such offer shall be deemed to
have been accepted and the matters in controversy shall be
tried and determined in accordance therewith; and such
action or suit shall be advanced for speedy trial.
Section 2. This act shall become operative on Septem- when
ber first of the current year. Approved March 29, 1929. operative.
An Act eelative to traveling expenses of the board Cha7).174:
OF registration of nurses.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in Emergency
part defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to preamble.
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifteen of chapter thirteen of the General Laws g. l. is, § is,
is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the '*'"''"'^'^^-
words ", not exceeding three cents a mile each way", —
so as to read as follows: — Section 15. Each member of Board of
the board, except the secretary, shall receive five dollars for mtrses, com-
every day actually spent in the performance of his duties; fraveiinTex-*^
provided, that the total sum paid to any member thereof penses.
shall not in any one year exceed one hundred and fifty P''°"^'^°-
dollars, and the necessary traveling expenses actually in-
curred in attending the meetings of the board. Said com- To be paid by
pensation and traveling expenses, and any incidental ex- commonwealth.
penses necessarily incurred by the board or any member
thereof, shall be paid by the commonwealth; provided, that Proviso.
such compensation and expenses shall not be in excess of
the receipts for registration paid to the commonwealth by
the board. Approved April 1, 1929.
194
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 175.
Chap. 17d ^N Act incorporating the trustees under the will
OF LOTTA M. CRABTREE AND EXEMPTING FROM TAXATION
CERTAIN PROPERTY HELD BY SAID TRUSTEES.
Emergency
preamble.
Trustees Under
the Will of
Lotta M.
Crabtree
incorporated.
May hold
real and
personal estate.
Powers, etc.
Certain
property
held by
trustees exempt
from taxation.
Filing of list
of exempted
property and
statement of
receipts and
expenditures.
When § 2 takes
effect.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in
part, defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clarence R. Edwards, Frederic H. Chase
and Joseph R. McCoole, trustees appointed under the will
of Lotta M. Crabtree, late of Boston, deceased, and their
successors in said trust, are hereby made a corporation under
the name of Trustees Under the Will of Lotta M. Crabtree,
for the purpose of executing the benevolent and charitable
trusts established under the will of said Lotta M. Crabtree.
Said corporation may hold for the purposes of said trusts
real and personal estate to an amount not to exceed five
million dollars. Except as otherwise provided in this act,
said corporation shall have the powers, privileges and
exemptions, and shall be subject to the duties, restrictions
and liabilities, set forth in all general laws now or hereafter
in force relating to charitable and benevolent corporations
and institutions.
Section 2. Any real estate in this commonwealth left
by said Lotta M. Crabtree, and held in trust under her will
upon charitable trusts exclusively, shall, beginning with and
for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, be exempt
from taxation so long as said real estate, or the net income
therefrom, shall be administered solely for the benefit of
disabled, maimed, wounded and sick soldiers, sailors and
women who were actually in the service of the United States
during the World War, of those dependent upon them, and
of those dependent upon deceased soldiers, sailors and
women who were in the service of the United States during
the World War.
A list of the property so exempted and a statement of
receipts and expenditures in connection therewith shall be
filed at the times and in the manner provided for the filing
of lists and statements in sections twenty-nine to thirty-
five, inclusive, of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws;
and said real estate shall not be exempt for any year in
which the trustees omit to bring in to the assessors the list
and statement required by said section twenty-nine. Ex-
cept as otherwise provided, the provisions of said chapter
fifty-nine shall apply to proceedings for abatement here-
under.
Section 3. Section two of this act shall take effect as
of the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine. Approved April 1, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 176, 177, 178. 195
An Act relative to the purchase and distribution of (JJiq^j) jyg
BOOKS containing PORTRAITS OF MEMBERS OF THE GEN-
ERAL COURT AND OTHER MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five of the General Laws is hereby g.l 5 §i8.
amended by striking out section eighteen and inserting in '*™°° ^
place thereof the following: — Section 18. The clerks of the Purchase and
two branches of the general court may, in every odd-numbered orboo^ '""
year, purchase three hundred and forty copies of a book con- ''ojfraits^of
taining portraits and biographical sketches of members of the members of
general court and other state officers, lists of committees and etc "'*' ^°^^^'
such other information as the clerks approve. The clerks shall
furnish one such copy to each such member and shall dis-
tribute the other copies as the committees on rules of the
senate and house of representatives may direct. The clerks
may expend therefor a sum not exceeding sixteen hundred
dollars.
Section 2. After a sufficient appropriation has been Applicable to
made, this act shall also apply, for the purpose of preventing copL^of °
loss to the publisher, to the purchase of the copies of the gj^fon*
current edition of said book. Approved April 1 , 1929.
An Act relative to the appointment of assistant as- Chav. 177
SESSORS in the CITY OF MALDEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and forty-four of the isov, 144, §i,
acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven is hereby amended ^"^"^ ^
by striking out section one and inserting in place thereof
the following : — Section 1 . The board of assessors of the Appointment
city of Maiden is hereby authorized to appoint such number assessor^hi
of assistant assessors and other assistants and subordinates ?J*L°(,
. , , , Maiden.
as said board may deem necessary.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 2, 1929.
An Act relative to the board of election commis- Chap. 17S
SIGNERS in the CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter eighty-two of the 1928, 82, §3,
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight is hereby amended '^"^®°
by striking out, in the fifth, sixth and seventh lines, the
words "The city clerk shall always be ex officio one of the
members of the board", — so as to read as follows: — Sec- Board of
tion 3. The members of the board of registrars of voters in
office in said city at the time this act takes effect shall be gomervme
election
commissioners
members of said board of election commissioners, and shall how con-
serve until the expiration of their respective terms and of'office,' etc™^
196
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Vacancy,
how filled.
Vacancy
resulting
from passage
of act, how
filled, etc.
until their successors are appointed and qualij&ed. As the
terms of the several election commissioners expire, and in
case a vacancy occurs in said board, the mayor shall, sub-
ject to approval by the board of aldermen, so appoint their
successors that the members of the board shall equally
represent the two leading political parties as defined as
aforesaid. Such appointments shall be for terms of three
years beginning April first, except that any appointment
to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term.
Section 2. The vacancy in the membership of said
board of election commissioners resulting by reason of the
passage of this act shall be filled in the manner provided by
the preceding section, and the person appointed to fill such
vacancy shall hold office until the expiration of three years
from April first of the current year.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 2, 1929.
Chap. 179 An Act to change the name of the commission on pro-
bation AND OF ITS executive OFFICER.
G. L. 276, §§ 98
99, 100, etc.,
and 101 to 10.3,
inclusive,
amended.
Board of
probation,
appointment,
term, etc.
Vacancy.
Removal.
Commissioner
of probation,
appointment,
duties, salary.
OfBce
accommoda-
tions, etc.
No compensa-
tion, etc.
Expenditure.
Powers and
duties of board
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and seventy-six of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out sections
ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred, as amended by
section three of chapter three hundred and twenty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and one hundred
and one to one hundred and three, inclusive, and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 98. There shall
be a board of probation of five persons, appointed by the
chief justice of the superior court, one or more of whom
may be justices of the courts. Said chief justice shall
annually appoint one member of the board to serve for five
years from the second Wednesday in July. A vacancy in
the board shall be filled in the same manner for the unex-
pired term. Any member of the board may be removed
by the chief justice. The board shall appoint a commis-
sioner of probation as its executive officer, who shall hold
office during its pleasure. He shall perform such duties as
may be required of him by the board and shall receive such
salary as it shall, subject to the approval of the governor
and council, determine. The board shall be provided with
suitable office accommodations, in the Suffolk county court
house or elsewhere, and may employ such assistance as is
needed to perform its work. The members of the board shall
receive no compensation for services hereunder, but they
and the commissioner shall be allowed the necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their official duties. The
board may expend for the purposes for which it is estab-
lished such sums as the general court may appropriate.
Section 99. The board of probation shall prescribe the
form of all records and of all reports from probation officers,
and shall make rules for the registration of reports and for
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 179. 197
the exchange of information between the courts. It shall
provide for such organization and co-operation of the pro-
bation officers in the several courts as may seem advisable.
To promote co-ordination in the probation work of the
courts, the board may call a conference of any or all of the
justices of the district courts and the Boston juvenile court,
or a conference of any or all of the probation officers and
assistant probation officers, and a member of the board shall
preside. With the approval of the board, the commis-
sioner of correction or the department of public welfare
may hold a conference with any or all of the probation officers
to secure their co-operation in keeping trace of the where-
abouts of persons who are at liberty from the prisons of
the commonwealth. The traveling expenses of said justices
or officers in attending any conference herein named shall
be paid as the other expenses of the respective courts are
paid.
Section 100. Every probation officer, or the chief or Probation
senior probation officer of a court having more than one °^tfin other
probation officer, shall transmit to the board of probation, public officers
in such form and at such times as it shall require, detailed boaS'd^aiied
reports regarding the work of probation in the court, and p'^oba^fion
the commissioner of correction, the penal institutions com- work, paroles,
P -i-> J 1 J 1 J • • f permits to be
missioner ot Boston and the county commissioners oi coun- at liberty, etc.
ties other than Suffolk shall transmit to the board, as afore-
said, detailed and complete records relative to all paroles
and permits to be at liberty granted or issued by them,
respectively, to the revoking of the same and to the length
of time served on each sentence to imprisonment by each
prisoner so released specifying the institution where each
such sentence was served; and under the direction of the Record of
board a record shall be kept of all such cases as the board trbe'kept,''etc.
may require for the information of the justices and proba-
tion officers. Police officials shall co-operate with the Police officials
board and the probation officers in obtaining and reporting toco-operate.
information concerning persons on probation. The infor- Accessibility of
mation so obtained and recorded shall be accessible at all '"fo™ation.
times to the justices and officers of the courts, to the police
commissioner of Boston, and to all chiefs of police and city
marshals. The commissioner of correction and the de- information
partment of public welfare shall at all times give to the m^ssi'o'Ser of
board and the probation officers such information as may correction and
, ,,.,p'^,, , . . ,'' department of
be obtained from the records concerning prisoners under public welfare.
sentence or who have been released.
Section 101. The board of probation shall make an annual Annual report.
report to the general court of the probation work of the
courts for the year ending on September thirtieth preceding.
The report shall include such information as the board
may consider useful, with its suggestions or recommenda-
tions.
Section 102. The four preceding sections shall not af- P^wTt'^oT'
feet the authority of the courts to require the keeping by the courts not
their probation officers of probation records in addition to *^«<=*«'^-
198
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 179.
Notice of
appointment
or removal
of probation
officer.
G. L. 276, § 85,
etc., amended.
Probation
officers to
investigate
criminal cases
and to inform
court as to
prior criminal
prosecutions
of defendants,
etc.
To inform
probation
officers of
other courts
or parole
authorities as
to presence in
court of de-
fendants on
probation in
such other
courts or at
liberty on
parole, etc.
Other duties.
Records.
Probationers to
receive written
statement as to
release.
G. L. 119, § 64,
amended.
Supervision of
probation work
for wayward
those necessary to conform to forms of records and reports
prescribed by the board of probation nor the authority of
the courts to approve expenses and disbursements relating
to the probation system.
Section 103. Upon the appointment or removal of a
probation officer, the clerk of the court by which the ap-
pointment or removal is made shall forthwith give notice
thereof to the board of probation.
Section 2. Section eighty-five of said chapter two hun-
dred and seventy-six, as amended by section two of chapter
three hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the eleventh line, the words "commission on" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — board of, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 85. In addition to the other
duties imposed upon him, each probation officer shall, as the
court may direct, inquire into the nature of every criminal
case brought before the court under the appointment of
which he acts, and inform the court, so far as is possible,
whether the defendant has previously been convicted of
crime and in the case of a criminal prosecution before said
court charging a person with an offence punishable by im-
prisonment for more than one year the probation officer
shall in any event present to the court such information as
the board of probation has in its possession relative to prior
criminal prosecutions, if any, of such person and to the
disposition of each such prosecution, and all other avail-
able information relative thereto, before such person is
admitted to bail in court and also before disposition of the
case against him by sentence, or placing on file or probation.
When it comes to the knowledge of a probation officer that
the defendant in a criminal case before his court charged
with an offence punishable by imprisonment for more than
one year is then on probation in another court or is then at
libert}^ on parole or on a permit to be at liberty, such pro-
bation officer shall forthwith certify the fact of the presence
of the defendant before his court to the probation officer
of such other court or the parole authorities granting or
issuing such parole or permit to be at liberty, as the case
may be. He may recommend to the justice of his own
court that any person convicted be placed on probation. He
shall perform such other duties as the court requires. He
shall keep full records of all cases investigated by him or
placed in his care by the court, and of all duties performed
by him. Every person released upon probation shall be
given by the probation officer a written statement of the
terms and conditions of the release.
Section 3. Section sixty-four of chapter one hundred
and nineteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out, in the first line, the words "commission on"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — board of, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 64- The board of proba-
tion may supervise the probation work for wayward and
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 180. 199
delinquent children, and make necessary inquiries in regard unquett
to the same, and in its annual report may make such rec- children,
ommendations as it considers advisable for the improve-
ment of methods of dealing with such children.
Section 4. Section seventeen of chapter one hundred ^c.^'amlAdJd.'
and twenty-seven of the General Laws, as amended by sec-
tion two of chapter three hundred and nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in the twenty-fifth line, the words "com-
mission on" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
board of, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 7. Speci- Regulations
fications governing the manner and time of such physical and'^ps^^chtatric
examinations and such psychiatric examinations shall be examinations,
respectively promulgated by the departments of public
health and mental diseases. Said departments shall re-
spectively prescribe the medical and psychiatric records
to be kept, shall require such laboratory or other diagnostic
aids to be used as in their judgment are expedient, and shall ff^/gg^ita*^
forward to the commissioner statements of the results of all of examinations
such examinations, together with recommendations relative s°oner!etc.'
thereto, and the psychiatrists making such examination shall
from time to time furnish such other information as the
commissioner may request. For the purpose of obtaining Assembling of
further information relative to such prisoners the com- matl'on Ls^to"
missioner may cause inquiry to be made of court physicians '^^foj^'^^s
and psychiatrists, probation officers and district attorneys,
who have made examinations or investigations of such
prisoners prior to conviction or who have prosecuted them,
and such physicians, psychiatrists and probation officers
shall furnish to the commissioner when requested all perti-
nent information in their possession. The commissioner
may cause such further inquiry to be made relative to the
offences committed by such prisoners and their past history
and environment as he may deem necessary. He shall ^f^inat'ions.
cause records to be made of such examinations and investi- transmission'
gations, and shall transmit copies thereof to the office of toboarHof
the board of probation, which shall cause the same to be probation.
filed with its office records.
Section 5. The board of probation shall have and probation to
exercise whatever powers and duties are by statute con- have statutory
ferred upon the commission on probation. of^TOmmlssion
Approved April 2, 1929. ""^ probation.
An Act permitting unregistered tractors and trailers (Jjiav 180
USED exclusively FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES TO BE
OPERATED UPON WAYS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section nine of chapter ninety of the General Laws, as g. l. 90, § 9,
amended by section three of chapter three hundred and ^*''" ^™®'^'^®'^-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and
by section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-seven and
section three of chapter three hundred and eighty-one,
200
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 181.
both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "six"
in the thirteenth hne the following : — , and except that a
tractor or trailer used exclusively for agricultural purposes
may be operated without such registration upon any way
for a distance not exceeding one half mile for the purpose of
going from property owned or occupied by the owner of
such tractor or trailer to other property so owned or occu-
pied, — so as to read as follows: — Section 9. No person
shall operate any motor vehicle or draw any trailer, and
the owner or custodian of such a vehicle shall not permit
the same to be operated upon or to remain upon any way
except as authorized by section three, unless such vehicle is
registered in accordance with this chapter and carries its
register number displayed as provided in section six, and,
in the case of a motor vehicle, is equipped as provided in
section seven, except that any motor vehicle or trailer
may, if duly registered, be operated or remain upon any
way between the hours of twelve o'clock noon on December
thirty-first of one year and twelve o'clock noon on January
first of the following year if it carries its register number of
either year displayed as provided in section six, and except
that a tractor or trailer used exclusively for agricultural
purposes may be operated without such registration upon
any way for a distance not exceeding one half mile for the
purpose of going from property owned or occupied by the
owner of such tractor or trailer to other property so owned
or occupied; but violation of this .section shall not constitute
a defence to actions of tort for injuries suffered by a person,
or for the death of a person, or for injury to property, unless
it is shown that the person injured in his person or property
or killed was the owner or operator of the motor vehicle
the operation of which was in violation of this section, or
unless it is shown that the person so injured or killed, or
the owner of the property so injured, knew or had reason-
able cause to know that this section was being violated.
A motor vehicle or trailer shall be deemed to be registered
in accordance with this chapter notwithstanding any mistake
in so much of the description thereof contained in the ap-
plication for registration or in the certificate required to be
filed under section thirty-four B as relates to the engine, serial
or maker's number thereof. Approved April 2, 1929.
Chap. ISl An Act prohibiting the discharge of oils and their
PRODUCTS into OR ON CERTAIN WATERS AND FLATS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following new section: — Section 59.
Whoever pumps, discharges or deposits, or causes to be
pumped, discharged or deposited, into or on the waters of
any lake or river or into or on tidal waters and flats, any
crude petroleum or any of its products or any other oils or
Unregistered
and im-
properly
equipped motor
vehicles not to
be operated,
etc.
Use of
number
plates be-
tween twelve
o'clock noon
on December
thirty-first
and twelve
o'clock noon
on January
first following.
Unregistered
tractors and
trailers used
exclusively
for agricultural
purposes
may be
operated
upon ways in
certain cases.
Violation of
section not
to constitute
a defence, etc.
Certain mis-
statements in
applications
not to
affect regis-
tration, etc.
G. L. 91, new
section.
Penalty for
discharging
oils and their
products into
or on certain
waters and
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 182. 201
any bilge water or water from any receptacle containing
any of the said substances, in such manner and to such
extent as to be a pollution or contamination of said waters
or flats or a nuisance or be injurious to the public health,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars; but this section shall not be construed to prohibit ^terminitkL
the use of oil for the extermination of mosquitoes or other of mosquitoes
insects. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by hibifed'
the department of public safety and by all other officers Enforcement.
authorized to make arrests. Approved April 3, 1929.
An Act relative to the depositing of money with Qhnji i co
OTHERS than BANKS. ^ *
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and sixty-nine of the g. l. i69, § i.
General Laws, as amended in section one by section one of etc., amended.
chapter four hundred and seventy-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twentj^-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out the first-mentioned section one and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 1. This Application of
chapter shall apply to all persons who engage or are financially It'IfeposUs"^
interested in the business of receiving deposits of money, J^**'^ u*''^®!^^
for the purpose of transmitting the same or equivalents
thereof to foreign countries, in such sums that the average
of the separate deposits so received during any twelve
successive months, or during such period, if less than twelve
months, that such person has been engaged in such business,
is less than five hundred dollars, except duly incorporated
banks and trust companies, express companies having con-
tracts with railroad or steamship companies for the operation
of an express service upon the lines of such companies, or
express companies doing an international express business,
or transatlantic steamship companies or telegraph com-
panies.
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and sixty-nine, g. l. i69, § 2,
as amended in section two by section two of said chapter ®*^' amended,
four hundred and seventy-three, is hereby further amended
by striking out the first-mentioned section two and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 2. Every per- Certain persons
son subject to section one shall, before engaging or becoming dlfpolitl^of
financially interested or continuing to engage or be financially money for
• . ii'iii • r •• I'i r" c transmission
interested m the business 01 receiving deposits of money for to foreign
the purpose of transmitting the same or equivalents thereof gi've"bond!°
to foreign countries, make, execute and deliver to the state etc.
treasurer a bond in a sum equal to twice the amount of
money or equivalents thereof transmitted to foreign coun-
tries by such person in any one week, as determined by the
commissioner of banks, in this chapter called the commis-
sioner, but in no event shall the sum of the bond be less than
fifteen thousand dollars; provided, that the sum of such Proviso,
bond shall be increased on order of the commissioner at any
time to such amount as shall be shown by examination to
202
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 182.
G. L. 169, §3,
etc., amended.
Bonds, by
whom exe-
cuted, sureties,
etc.
Deposits in
lieu of
sureties.
Examination
and approval
of bonds, etc.
Licenses for
business of
receiving
deposits for
transmission
to foreign
countries.
be necessary. Said bond shall be conditioned upon the
faithful holding and transmission of any money or equiva-
lents thereof which shall have been delivered to such person
for transmission to a foreign country, and, in the event of
the insolvency or bankruptcy of the principal, upon the
payment of the full amount of such bond to the assignee,
receiver or trustee of the principal, as the case may require,
for the benefit of such persons as shall have been delivered
money or equivalents thereof to said principal for the pur-
pose of transmitting the same to a foreign country.
Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and sixty-nine,
as amended in section three by section three of said chapter
four hundred and seventy-three, is hereby further amended
by striking out the first-mentioned section three and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 3. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions of this
section shall apply to the bonds required by the preceding
section. Each such bond shall be executed by the person
of whom it is required, as principal, with at least two good
and sufficient sureties who shall be residents and owners of
real estate within the commonwealth or by said person as
principal and a surety company, approved by the com-
missioner. In lieu of the aforesaid sureties, the person may
deposit, and the state treasurer shall accept as security for
the fulfilment of the provisions of the bond, money, bonds
of the United States, of this commonwealth or of any mu-
nicipality thereof, or, if approved by the commissioner,
other bonds, certificates of deposit issued by a national
bank or trust company, or deposit books of depositors in
savings banks or in savings departments of trust companies
or national banks. The money or securities so deposited
shall be held upon the conditions specified in the bond. If
securities be deposited in lieu of sureties and be accepted,
the state treasurer shall require the depositor to maintain
such deposit at a value equal to the amount fixed as the
penalty of the bond, and he may in his discretion permit
the substitution of securities for money, or of money for
securities, in whole or in part, or of money or securities for
any sureties, or of a bond for money or securities deposited,
or the withdrawal 'of securities deposited and the substitu-
tion of others of equal value in their place, and, if the total
value of the securities becomes substantially impaired, he
shall require the deposit of money or additional securities
sufficient to cover the impairment in value. No bond re-
quired by the preceding section shall be accepted until it
has been first examined and approved by the commissioner
and unless also approved by the state treasurer, and upon
such approval by the state treasurer it shall be filed in his
office. Upon notice of such approval by the state treasurer,
the commissioner shall issue a license authorizing said person
to carry on the business of receiving deposits of money for
the purpose of transmitting the same or equivalents thereof
to foreign countries for a period of one year from the date
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 182. 203
of the issuance of the license, at a place to be specified
therein, and no person shall engage or become financially
interested or continue to engage or be financially interested
in the aforesaid business without such authority. The License fee.
fee for such hcense shall be fifty dollars. The license shall Not trans-
not be transferred or assigned. It shall not authorize the ^^^ ^' ^*"'
transaction of business at any place other than that de-
scribed in the license, except with the written approval of
the commissioner. Immediately upon the receipt of the Posting of
license issued by the commissioner, the licensee named "^'^"®^-
therein shall cause the license to be posted and at all times
conspicuously displayed in the place of business for which
it is issued, so that all persons visiting such place may
readily see the same. It shall be unlawful for any licensee
to post the license or to permit the license to be posted
upon premises other than those described therein or those
to which it has been transferred with the written approval
of the commissioner, or knowingly to deface or destroy
any such license. The money and securities deposited with Trust fund
the state treasurer as herein provided and the money which oTdeposftors.
in case of breach of the bond shall be paid by any licensee
or surety thereon, shall constitute a trust fund for the
benefit of such persons as shall deposit money with the
licensee for transmission as aforesaid, and such beneficiaries
shall be entitled to an absolute preference as to such money
or securities over all general creditors of the licensee. The Revocation
license shall be revocable at all times by the commissioner onicM^I." ^'^
for cause shown and in the event of such revocation or of
a surrender of the license no refund shall be made in respect
of any license fee paid. Every license shall be surrendered
to the commissioner within twenty-four hours after written
notice to the holder that the license has been revoked. In
case of the revocation of the license the money and securities
and the bond, if there be one, shall continue to be held by
the state treasurer for a period of one year from the date
of such revocation and until the expiration of sixty days
after final judgment in any action or suit commenced prior
to the end of said period, unless otherwise directed by the
order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and sixty-nine is g. l. i69. § lo,
hereby further amended by striking out section ten and '^™^"'^®'^-
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 10. The Persons
commissioner shall have the power conferred by the three examfnation.
preceding sections, for the purpose of determining whether
a person is engaged in a business subject to section one or
prohibited by section sixteen.
Section 5. Section twelve of said chapter one hundred ^ j^^J^^'el ^^'
and sixty-nine, as amended by section four of said chapter § is and
four hundred and seventy-three, section thirteen of said ^ ^'°^' '^^p'^^^^'^
chapter one hundred and sixty-nine, and section fifteen A
of said chapter one hundred and sixty-nine, inserted by sec-
tion five of said chapter four hundred and seventy-three,
are hereby repealed.
204
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 182.
G. L. 169, § 16,
etc., amended.
Penalty for
violation of
laws relating
to deposits
with others
than banks.
G. L. 169, § 18,
etc., amended.
Violations to
cause revo-
cation of
license, etc.
After effective
date of act,
certain persons
prohibited
from engaging
in business
of receiving
deposits of
money for safe
keeping, etc.
Proviso.
Section 6. Said chapter one hundred and sixty-nine, as
amended in section sixteen by section six of said chapter four
hundred and seventy-three, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section sixteen and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 16. Any person engaged
or financially interested in the selling of steamship or rail-
road tickets for transportation to or from foreign countries,
or in supplying laborers, who shall, in conjunction with
said business, engage or become financially interested or
continue to engage or be financially interested in the business
of receiving deposits of money for safe keeping or other pur-
pose than for transmitting the same to foreign countries,
after July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, or prior
thereto except as authorized by law, and any person who
shall engage or become financially interested or continue to
engage or be financially interested in the business of receiv-
ing deposits of money for the purpose of transmitting the
same, or equivalents thereof, to foreign countries contrary
to any provision of this chapter, and any person who other-
wise violates any provision of this chapter, shall, except as
otherwise provided in section nine, be punished by a fine of
not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars, or
by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more
than one year or both.
Section 7. Said chapter one hundred and sixty-nine, as
amended in section eighteen by section seven of said chapter
four hundred and seventy-three, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section eighteen and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 18. The violation of any
provision of section fourteen or fifteen shall be sufficient
cause for the revocation of any license granted hereunder,
and shall be a violation of the condition of the bond which
was prerequisite to the issue of said license or of any bond
substituted therefor.
Section 8. After the effective date of this act, no person
engaged or financially interested in the selhng of steamship
or railroad tickets for transportation to or from foreign
countries, or in supplying laborers, shall, in conjunction
with said business, engage or become financially interested
in the business of receiving deposits of money for safe
keeping or other purpose than for transmitting the same to
foreign countries, under whatever name or by whatever
persons the said business of receiving deposits is carried on;
provided, that, for the purposes only of enabling him gradu-
ally to settle and close his affairs in respect to the business
of receiving deposits as aforesaid, of prosecuting and de-
fending actions and suits by or against him in respect to
said business, and, if incorporated, of dividing the capital
stock and not for the purpose of receiving new deposits as
aforesaid or continuing said business, any person who is
on said date lawfully engaged or financially interested in the
business of receiving deposits as aforesaid, in conjunction
with the business of selling tickets or supplying laborers as
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 183, 184. 205
aforesaid, may, so long as he is duly licensed, under the
provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty-nine of the
General Laws as heretofore existing, to carry on the business
of receiving deposits as aforesaid, and carries on such busi-
ness strictly in conformity with said provisions, continue to
be engaged or financially interested in the business of re-
ceiving deposits as aforesaid until July first, nineteen hun-
dred and thirty-two, and until the expiration of sixty days
after final judgment in any action or suit commenced prior
to said date, when such business shall cease. The pro- Provisions of
visions of said chapter one hundred and sixty-nine as here- Sntinlfed in
tofore existing are hereby continued in force, but only to force for
., ,. ill 1 !• "i certain limited
the extent necessary to enable such persons licensed as purposes,
aforesaid on the effective date of this act to continue to be ®'°'
engaged or financially interested in the business of receiving
deposits as aforesaid for the hmited purposes hereinbefore
set forth, notwithstanding the implied or express repeal of
such provisions by the foregoing provisions of this act.
Approved April 3, 1929.
An Act relative to sessions of the probate court in QJiQ^n 183
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section sixty-two of chapter two hundred and fifteen of ^c^amended^'
the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter
one hundred and twelve of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by striking out the
paragraph contained in line sixty-one, as printed in the Gen-
eral Laws, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Worcester, at Worcester, each Tuesday of every month when and
except the first, second, fourth and fifth Tuesdays of August. Tre'^heid!'''^*^
Approved April 3, 1929. ""^^^^^^^
An Act to provide additional accommodations at the QJiq^ 184
HAMPSHIRE county SANATORIUM AT LEEDS IN THE CITY
OF NORTHAMPTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L For the purpose of constructing, originally county com-
equipping and furnishing an addition to the Hampshire Hampshire"^
county sanatorium at Leeds in the city of Northampton, county may
the county commissioners of Hampshire county may expend tain sum to
a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, the same uomUc-*^*^*'
to be ultimately paid by the cities and towns of Hampshire, commodations
Franklin and Berkshire counties and of the Hampden county Hampshire
tuberculosis hospital district in the same proportions set sanat^ium
forth for the payment of maintenance expenses of said ''} Leeds »«
sanatorium in existing contracts, entered into under section Northampton,
seventy-nine of chapter one hundred and eleven of the Gen-
eral Laws, for the use of said sanatorium for the purpose of
guaranteeing adequate hospital provision for tubercular
patients residing in said cities and towns: to wit, the cities Apportionment
of expense.
206
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 185.
County
treasurer
may borrow
money, issue
notes, etc.
Hampshire
County
Sanatorium
Loan, Act of
1929.
Submission
to county
commissioners
of Hampshire,
Franklin,
Berkshire and
Hampden
counties.
and towns of Hampshire county, fifteen per cent ; of Frank-
lin county, twenty-five per cent; of Berkshire county,
twenty per cent; and of the Hampden county tuberculosis
hospital district, forty per cent. No work on such addition
shall be commenced unless and until plans thereof are ap-
proved by the state department of public health.
Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the initial ex-
penditure as aforesaid, the county treasurer of the county
of Hampshire, with the approval of the county commis-
sioners, may borrow on the credit of the county such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, twenty-
five thousand dollars, and may issue notes of the county
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Hampshire
County Sanatorium Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall
be payable in not more than one year from their dates.
The notes shall be signed by the county treasurer and coun-
tersigned by a majority of the county commissioners. To
meet payments of principal and interest on account of said
notes, each of the counties of Franklin, Berkshire and Hamp-
den shall, upon the certification to it by the county treasurer
of Hampshire county of the sum due on account of the cities
and towns therein ultimately liable under section one, pay
the same into the treasury of Hampshire county; and, for
the purposes hereof, the sum so required to be paid by each
such county shall be treated as tuberculosis hospital mainte-
nance, and the provisions of section eighty-five of said
chapter one hundred and eleven shall apply to the raising,
apportioning and collection thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by the county commissioners of
Hampshire, Franklin, Berkshire and Hampden counties,
but not otherwise. Approved April 3, 1929.
Chap.lS5 An Act to allow defendants in the superior court in
CRIMINAL CASES, OTHER THAN CAPITAL CASES, TO ELECT
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE TRIED BY THE
COURT INSTEAD OF BY A JURY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Sn^ndl^d' ^ ''' Section 1. Section six of chapter two hundred and
sixty-three of the General Laws is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the following : — or, in any criminal
case other than a capital case, by judgment of the court
rendered as hereinafter provided. Any defendant in the
superior court in a criminal case other than a capital case,
whether begun by indictment or upon complaint, may, if
he shall so elect, when called upon to plead, or later and
before a jury has been impanelled to try him upon such
indictment or complaint, waive his right to trial by jury by
signing a written waiver thereof and filing the same with
the clerk of the court, whereupon he shall be tried by the
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 186. 207
court instead of by a jury, but not, however, unless all the
defendants, if there are two or more, shall have exercised
such election before a jury has been impanelled to try any
of the defendants; and in every such case the court shall
have jurisdiction to hear and try such cause and render
judgment and sentence thereon, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 6. A person indicted for a crime shall not be Persons in-
convicted thereof except by confessing his guilt in open crime, how
court, by admitting the truth of the charge against him convicted.
by his plea or demurrer or by the verdict of a jury accepted
and recorded by the court or, in any criminal case other
than a capital case, by judgment of the court rendered as
hereinafter provided. Any defendant in the superior court ^peHor court
in a criminal case other than a capital case, whether begun in criminal
by indictment or upon complaint, may, if he shall so elect, than^'capitai
when called upon to plead, or later and before a jury has l^^^t' under
been impanelled to try him upon such indictment or com- certain cir-
plaint, waive his right to trial by jury by signing a written tobet^ried^'
waiver thereof and filing the same with the clerk of the court, J'n^t°g°'^''of
whereupon he shall be tried by the court instead of by a by jury.
jury, but not, however, unless all the defendants, if there
are two or more, shall have exercised such election before a
jury has been impanelled to try any of the defendants; and in
every such case the court shall have jurisdiction to hear and
try such cause and render judgment and sentence thereon.
Section 2. Section two of chapter two hundred and ^m^ndld.' ^ ^'
seventy-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the following: — , unless the person
indicted or complained against elects to be tried by the court
as provided by law, — so as to read as follows : — Section 2. howTrreV.^"'*'
Issues of fact joined upon an indictment or complaint shall,
in the superior court, be tried by a jury drawn and returned
in the manner provided for the trial of issues of fact in civil
causes, unless the person indicted or complained against
elects to be tried by the court as provided by law.
Section 3. This act shall become operative on Septem- when
ber first of the current year. Approved April 8, 1929. "^^"^^ '^^'
C/iap. 186
An Act to provide that the rule making power of
the supreme judicial and superior courts shall
include the making of rules of procedure for
securing the interpretation of written instru-
ments without other relief.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter two hundred and neJ'ciaus'eyter
thirteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding clause Tenth.
after clause "Tenth" the following new clause: — Tenth A, Rulemaking
Providing that an action at law or a suit in equity shall fuprem'e
not be open to objection on the ground that a mere judg- superk)r ^uru
ment, order or decree interpreting a written instrument or to include
written instruments is sought thereby, and providing pro- ^lea of pro-
cedure for
208
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 187, 188.
securing the
interpretation
of written
instruments
without
other relief.
Proviso.
When
operative.
cedure under which the court may make binding determina-
tions of right interpreting the same, whether any conse-
quential judgment or rehef is or could be claimed or not,
provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed
to authorize the change, extension or alteration of the law
regulating the method of obtaining service on, or juris-
diction over, parties or to affect their right to jury trial.
Section 2. This act shall become operative on Septem-
ber first of the current year. Approved April 3, 1929.
Chap. 1S7 An Act relative to the holding of religious meetings
AND political MEETINGS OR RALLIES IN PUBLIC WAYS
AND PLACES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and forty of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section fifty the follow-
ing new section : — Section 50 A . The board of street com-
missioners of the city of Boston, the city council of any
other city or the selectmen of any town may, if in their
opinion public convenience so requires, license the holding
of religious meetings, or of political meetings or rallies to
further the interests of candidates for nomination or elec-
tion to public office, in such parts of any public ways or
places and during such periods of time as they may desig-
nate; provided, that public travel is not incommoded
thereby and that no license as aforesaid shall be granted to
use any part of a highway the fee in which is not owned
by the city or town unless the owners of the land abutting
on that part of the way consent in writing to the granting
thereof. Any such license may be revoked by them at
any time. Approved April 3, 1929.
G. L. 140, new
section after
§50.
Licenses for
the holding
of religious
meetings and
political meet-
ings or rallies
in public
ways and
places.
Proviso.
Revocation.
C/jax)-.188 An Act to make available for the extension of the
NEW mystic valley MAIN SEWER THE UNEXPENDED
BALANCES OF CERTAIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT SEWER
LOANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The unexpended proceeds of loans, issued under authority
of chapter one hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four for the construction of additional
sewers in the north metropolitan sewerage district, not
required for the purposes of said chapter one hundred and
sixteen or of chapter two hundred and thirteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, may be expended for
the purposes of chapter one hundred and eighty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and the amount
authorized by said chapter one hundred and eighty-four to
be borrowed for the purposes thereof is hereby reduced
accordingly. Approved April 3, 1929,
Unexpended
balances of
certain metro-
politan district
sewer loans
naade available
for the
extension
of the new
Mystic valley
main sewer.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 189, 190, 191. 209
An Act relative to probate records. Chap. 189
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fifteen of the g, l. 215, § 36,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section '""^" ^
thirty-six and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 36. Decrees and orders of probate courts shall ^.^batl courts
be in writing, and the registers shall record in books kept ?"''^J"i'^?i'|*j;
therefor all such decrees and orders, and such other pro- o"hercourt
ceedings in said courts and such instruments as shall be and'certem
determined by rules made from time to time under section other instm-
, . "^ nients, to be
thirty. recorded.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on September first Effective date.
in the current year. Approved April 3, 1929.
An Act authorizing the establishment of a reserve Chav.l^^
POLICE force in the TOW^N OF WEYMOUTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Weymouth Establishment
may from time to time, as authorized by the town, ap- poilcelorce
point, subject to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws Weymouth.
except as hereinafter provided, suitable persons to con-
stitute a reserve police force for said town, to a number not
exceeding one for every three members of its regular police
force. Members of said reserve force may be removed by
the selectmen at any time for any reason satisfactory to
them and shall be subject to such rules and regulations as
the selectmen may prescribe.
Section 2. The members of said reserve force shall, dutiM^'"^'^
when on duty, have all the powers and duties of members
of the regular police force of said town, and shall be paid Compensation.
by the town such compensation as the selectmen may fix.
Section 3. All appointments to the regular police Appointments
force in said town shall hereafter be made from the reserve poUcl^force
force, subject to such rules and regulations as the division f°o|^®™sMve
of civil service may prescribe, except that a period of six force,
months of actual service as a reserve officer shall be the
minimum probationary period under said rules and regu-
lations.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 4, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of needham to borrow (7/iax).191
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new high Town of
school building and originally equipping and furnishing the bo^-row'^moTey
same, the town of Needham may borrow from time to time, ^°^ ^''^°°i
. , *^ . purposes.
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the ag-
1929
210 Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 192, 193.
gregate, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
Sfgh sXoi ^ace the words, Needham High School Loan, Act of 1929.
Loan, Act of Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from
their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act
unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent
of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose
to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of
the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein,
be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclu-
sive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of
section seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred
and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 4, 1929.
Chap. 192 An Act authorizing cities and towns to compensate
PERSONS SUSTAINING PERSONAL INJURIES OR PROPERTY
DAMAGE WHILE ASSISTING A POLICE OFFICER UPON HIS
REQUIREMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^c.^'amenVed'.' Scctiou oue hundred of chapter forty-one of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and fifty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new sentence : — This section shall be construed to au-
compensate thorize a city or town to pay compensation, in the manner
persons sus- . . • i i r i f i • • • i ii
taining personal herein pi'ovidcd, for damages tor personal injuries, whether
prop"rty°dam- ^r uot death results, and for property damage sustained by
age while a persou whilc assisting a police officer thereof in the dis-
assisting a , e i • ^ ± ^ • • i.
police officer chargc of his duty upon his requirement.
rTulrement. ApprOVCd April 4, 1929.
Chap. 193 An Act relative to the board of cemetery trustees
IN THE TOWN OF READING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
femeterj Section L The mcmbers of the board of cemetery
town^of Read- trustces of the town of Reading, as the said board is presently
ing, confirma- coustltuted, are hereby confirmed in their titles to the said
tosaid office. ofif^C6 for the terms for which they were respectively elected,
andjaiidation ^Qfj their official acts and those of their predecessors from
the date when the said board was first instituted to the
time when this act takes effect, are hereby validated, not-
withstanding any defect, want of authority or other in-
validity in the proceedings whereby said board was pur-
ported to be instituted.
Board of Section 2. There shall be in the said town of Reading
tf^tees^estab- a board of Cemetery trustees the members of which shall be
Cities and
towns may
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 194, 195. 211
elected in the same manner, for the same terms, and with Ushed. election.
the same powers and duties in all respects, under law now me^bership!'^'
or hereafter existing, as a board of cemetery commission-
ers created under the authority of section twenty-two of
chapter one hundred and fourteen of the General Laws, ex-
cept that the members of such board of cemetery trustees
shall be six in number, two of whom shall be elected at each
annual town meeting.
Section 3. This act shall not preclude the said town Town not pre-
from accepting the provisions of said section twenty-two of acceptance"i)f
chapter one hundred and fourteen of the General Laws as certain pro-
the same may be amended from time to time, or from taking '^'^'°'** °
advantage of section twenty-one of chapter forty-one of the
General Laws as the same may be amended from time to
time, or of any other provision of general law now or here-
after existing relative to the constitution, election or ap-
pointment of a board having authority over public cemeteries.
Approved April 4, 1929.
Chap.lM
An Act relative to the salary of the deputy com-
missioner OF STATE AID AND PENSIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter six of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. 6, § 24,
striking out section twenty-four and inserting in place ^"^^nded.
thereof the following: — Section 2^. The governor, with Deputy com-
the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint a deputy "tate a^^and
commissioner of state aid and pensions for three years, who pensions,
shall devote his whole time to the duties of his office. He ^^ ^^^' ^^'^'
shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the commis-
sioner of state aid and pensions, subject to the approval of
the governor and council, shall be subject to the direction
and control of said commissioner, and shall perform the
duties of said commissioner during his absence on account
of disabihty or other cause. Approved April 4, 1929.
Chap.195
An Act authorizing certain improvements in the
COUNTY court HOUSE IN THE CITY OF QUINCY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing adequate Norfolk county
accommodations at the county court house in the city of mTy"^mlkI^^^^
Quincy, the county commissioners of the county of Norfolk certain im-
may make additions to and alterations in, such court house, county court''
may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of°QuiJi"y'*^
of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise,
such land or rights therein as may be necessary therefor,
and may furnish and equip said court house as so enlarged
or altered.
Section 2. For the purpose of meeting expenses to be county treas-
incurred in providing such accommodations, including any borroTmoney,
land damages, the county treasurer of said county, with issue notes,
the approval of the county commissioners, may from time
212 Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 196, 197.
to time borrow upon the credit of the said county such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
forty-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
of the county therefor, which shall bear on their face the
Norfolk words, Norfolk County Court House Loan, Act of 1929.
House^Lorn^ Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
Act of 1929. such loans shall be payable in not more than twenty years
from their dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by
the treasurer of the county and countersigned by the county
commissioners. The county may sell said securities at
public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as
the county commissioners may deem proper, but not for
less than their par value. Indebtedness incurred hereunder
shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-
five of the General Laws.
Submission to Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
Norfolk county i • j i , ■ i , i , • •
commissioners, ance, duriug the current year, by the county commissioners
®*'''' of said county; otherwise it shall not take effect.
Approved April 4, 1929.
Chav.l9Q Ajst Act relative to the membership of the board of
PUBLIC WELFARE OF THE CITY OF HAVERHILL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1^8,^57^4^ § 39, Section 1. Chapter five hundred and seventy-four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and eight is hereby amended
by striking out section thirty-nine and inserting in place
H*v°hiii thereof the following: — Section 39. The mayor shall be,
board^of public cx officio, chairman and a member of the board of public
bership."*^'"' Welfare, and the alderman having supervision of the de-
partment of health and charities shall also be, ex officio, a
member of such board.
Certain pro- SECTION 2. So mucli of scctiou nineteen of chapter sixty-
visions of (.1 (• • ^ 111!' •
1869, 61, § 19, one of the acts oi eighteen hundred and sixty-nme as pro-
repeae . yides that the president of the common council and the
city marshal shall be ex officio members of the board of
o.verseers of the poor is hereby repealed.
Submission to SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
municipal i • i i r ^ • • i
council, etc. ancc, dunng the current year, by vote ot the municipal
council of the city of Haverhill, subject to the provisions
of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved April 4, 1929.
Chap. 197 An Act providing for the elimination of diseased
CATTLE FROM BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^'im'aTin°dus- '^^^ dircctor of animal industry may, upon his own
try may initiative or upon application to him by not less than sev-
threifminl- cnty-five per cent of the cattle owners owning cattle per-
c'attie froJr'^^^'* mancntly kept in Barnstable county, or upon like appli-
Barnstabie catiou by the owners of eighty-five per cent of such cattle,
county. declare said county a quarantine area and may proceed to
Acts, 1929. — Chap, 198. 213
test by the tuberculin test or otherwise all bovine animals
within said area. If thereafter said director finds and de-
clares that said county is substantially free from bovine
tuberculosis, he may proclaim it to constitute a modified
accredited area and may prescribe rules and regulations
prohibiting the shipment or transportation into the same
of any bovine animal without a permit and health certificate
issued by him or some officer designated by him for the
purpose. Whoever violates the terms and conditions of Penalty,
any such quarantine or any such rule or regulation shall be
punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or
by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Approved April 4, 1929.
An Act to incorporate weston college. Chav 198
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in Emergency
part defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be p^'^^'^^ie.
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Edward P. Tivnan, Daniel P. Mahoney, vveston coiiege
Arthur J. Sheehan, Edward A. Sullivan, Michael J. Ahern •"°°'P°'-at«d.
and Louis J. Gallagher, their associates and successors, are
hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of Weston
College, with no capital stock and with no authority to grant
degrees, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
an institution for the education and religious training of
men for the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
Section 2. Said corporation shall have the right to May hold, etc.,
hold, purchase, convey, mortgage or lease, within or with- g^af property.
out this commonwealth, real or personal property to an etc.
amount not exceeding five million dollars, which shall be
devoted to the purposes of its incorporation, and it may
receive and hold, in trust or otherwise, funds received by
gift or bequest to be devoted by it to such purposes. It
shall have the right to make contracts and incur liabilities
and borrow money on its credit and for its use.
Section 3. Said corporation may, in its corporate name. May sue or be
sue or be sued, appear, prosecute and defend to final judg- ^"®^' ^^°'
ment or decree and execution; have a corporate seal, which Corporate seal.
it may alter at pleasure; elect in such manner as it may
determine all necessary officers, fix their compensation and
define their duties and obligations; and make by-laws and ^y-iaws.
regulations consistent with, law for its own government, the
due and orderly conduct of its affairs, and the management
of its property.
Section 4. Except as otherwise provided herein, said Powers, etc
corporation shall, in addition to those specifically mentioned
in the preceding sections, have all the powers and privileges,
and be subject to all the restrictions, duties and liabilities
set forth in all general laws which now are or hereafter may
214
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 199, 200, 201.
be in force relating to corporations formed for educational
and religious purposes.
Eflfectivedate. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect as of the thirtieth
day of March in the current year.
Approved April 5, 1929.
Chap.lQ9 An Act relative to the maintenance by the hingham
TRUST company OF A BRANCH OFFICE IN THE TOWN OF
HULL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Hingham Trust Company of Hingham
may, subject to the approval of the board of bank incorpo-
ration, maintain a branch office in the town of Hull; pro-
vided, that when action hereunder is taken by said board
no other trust company or branch office of such a company
is then located therein.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 5, 1929.
Hingham Trust
Company may
maintain a
branch office
in town of
Hull.
Proviso.
C/ia7).200 An Act relative to the maintenance by the rockland
TRUST company OF A BRANCH OFFICE IN THE TOWN OF
hull.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Rockland Trust Company, of Rockland,
may, subject to the approval of the board of bank incorpo-
ration, maintain a branch office in the town of Hull; pro-
vided, that when action hereunder is taken by said board
no other trust company or branch office of such a company
is then located therein.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 5, 1929.
Rockland Trust
Company may
maintain a
branch office
in town of
Hull.
Proviso.
C/iap. 201 An Act relative to the par value of capital stock
OF trust companies and to the qualifications of
directors thereof.
G. L. 172, § 18,
etc., amended.
Capital stock
of trust com-
panies,
amount, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the
General Laws, as amended in section eighteen by chapter
two hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 18. The capital stock of such corporation shall be
not less than two hundred thousand dollars, except that in
a city or town whose population numbers not exceeding one
hundred thousand but exceeding ten thousand the capital
stock may be not less than one hundred thousand dollars
and in a town whose population numbers not exceeding ten
thousand, not less than fifty thousand dollars. The capital
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 202. 215
stock shall be divided into shares of the par value of not
more than one hundred dollars each. No business shall be Payment, etc.,
transacted by such corporation until the whole amount of actrng business,
its capital stock is subscribed for and actually paid in.
No stock shall be issued by any such corporation under issue of stock
this section until the par value thereof shall be fully paid '"''suiated.
in in cash or is in its possession as surplus; provided, that no Proviso,
stock shall be issued against surplus unless the surplus
remaining after such issue shall amount to at least fifty per
cent of the total capital stock of such corporation after
such increase. Any such corporation may, subject to the increase or
approval of the commissioner, increase or reduce its capital capitai'stocL.
stock in the manner provided by section forty-one, section ^*°-
forty-four, and the first sentence of section forty-five, all
of chapter one hundred and fifty-six; provided, that in the Proviso,
case of a reduction as aforesaid the capital stock as so re-
duced* shall not be less than the amount required by this
section. Any such corporation may decrease the par value Decrease of
of its shares in the manner provided by sections forty-one p'""^"'"^-
and forty-three of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six.
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-two, g. l. 172, § 14,
as amended in section fourteen by chapter three hundred ^tc, amended,
and fifty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 11^. ^^y^l^'^°^^\.
No person shall be a director in any such corporation unless ">«, quaiiSca-
he is a stockholder of record holding unpledged stock therein *'*'°^"
of an aggregate par value of not less than one thousand
dollars. A majority of the directors shall be citizens of and
resident in the commonwealth and not more than one third
of the directors shall be directors in any other such corpora-
tion. Approved April 5, 1929.
Chap.202
An Act providing for an annual investigation by the
department of public health of the merrimack
river and the pollution thereof.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of public health is hereby authorized and veXgat^on by
directed to investigate annually until otherwise ordered by department of
the general court, the condition of the Merrimack river and of^the Mwri-
the pollution thereof within the limits of the commonwealth ™ "dthl^p^oiiu-
and to determine whether the condition of the stream has tion thereof.
changed materially since the last previous investigation
thereof at any point within the aforesaid limits. Said de-
partment may examine in connection with such investiga-
tions all sewers discharging into said river and its tributaries
within any of the cities and towns bordering thereon within
the commonwealth and may enter the premises of any
manufacturing establishment for the purpose of making an
examination of the amount and character of any sewage or
waste discharged therefrom into the river or any tributary
216
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 203, 204.
toTenwa!^"'^* thereof within any such city or town. The department shall
court. report annually to the general court the results of its investi-
gations and its recommendations, if any, by including the
same as a part of its annual report.
Ay-proved April 5, 1929.
Chap. 203 An Act amending the definition of "motor vehicles"
UNDER motor VEHICLE LAWS.
G. L. 90, § 1,
etc., amended.
"Motor
vehicles",
definition.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter ninety of the General Laws, as
amended by section one of chapter four hundred and sixty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by
chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four and by section two of chapter
three hundred and sixteen and section two of chapter three
hundred and eighty-one, both of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the eighth line of the paragraph defining "Motor vehicles",
as appearing in said section two of said chapter three hun-
dred and sixteen, the word "and" and inserting in place
thereof a comma, — and by inserting after the word "sprink-
lers" in said eighth line the words: — , power excavators,
power graders and concrete mixers, — so that said para-
graph will read as follows: — "Motor vehicles", automo-
biles, semi-trailer units, motor cycles and all other vehicles
propelled by power other than muscular power, except
railroad and railway cars and motor vehicles running only
upon rails or tracks, ambulances, fire engines and apparatus,
police patrol wagons and other vehicles used by the police
department of any city or town or park board solely for the
official business of such department or board, road rollers,
street sprinklers, power excavators, power graders and
concrete mixers. Approved April 5, 1929.
Chap. 20^ An Act relative to the control of wedge pond and
WINTER POND IN THE TOWN OF WINCHESTER.
Town of
Winchester
may make
rules, etc., as
to erection,
etc., of public
bath houses on
shores of Wedge
pond and
Winter pond.
Rules and
regulations as
to fishing, etc.
ApprovaL
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Winchester, through its board
of park commissioners, may from time to time make rules
and regulations as to the erection, maintenance and control
of all public bath houses on the shores of Wedge pond and
Winter pond in said town.
Section 2. The board of park commissioners of said
town may from time to time make rules and regulations
governing fishing, boating, bathing, skating and other
recreational activities in or on Wedge pond and Winter
pond in said town.. Such rules and regulations relative to
fishing shall be subject to the approval of the division of
fisheries and game of the state department of conservation,
and such other rules and regulations shall be subject to_the
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 205. 217
approval of the state department of public works, and when
so approved shall have the force of law.
Section 3. Any pohce officer of said town may patrol Police patrol,
any part of the waters of said ponds and shall have au-
thority to arrest any person violating any law of the com-
monwealth in, on or adjacent to the waters of said ponds or
violating any rule or regulation established under this act.
Section 4. The violation of any rule or regulation es- Penalty,
tablished under this act shall be punished by a fine of not
more than twenty dollars.
Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to Powers, etc.,
abridge the powers and duties of said department of public Cf pubtk""''"*
works under chapter ninety-one of the General Laws. works under
Approved April 5, 1929. abridged'.""
An Act relative to fire prevention. Chav 205
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p''®^'"'^'®-
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and forty-eight of ^c ^amended*'
the General Laws, as amended in section thirty by chapter
two hundred and seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section thirty and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 30. The marshal shall have within Powers of state
the metropolitan district the powers given by sections ten, ^''^ '"''•"s^^'-
thirteen, fourteen, twenty, twenty-one and twenty-two to
license persons or premises, or to grant permits for, or to
inspect or regulate, the use of engines and furnaces as
described in section one hundred and fifteen of chapter one
hundred and forty and the keeping, storage, use, manu-
facture, sale, handling, transportation or other disposition
of gunpowder, dynamite, nitroglycerine, camphine or any
similar fluids or compounds, crude petroleum or any of its
products, or any explosive or inflammable fluids or com-
pounds, tablets, torpedoes, rockets, toy pistols, or any other
explosives, fireworks, firecrackers, or any substance having
such properties that it may spontaneously, or acting under
the influence of any contiguous substance, or of any chemical
or physical agency, ignite, or inflame or generate inflam-
mable or explosive vapors or gases to a dangerous extent;
provided, that cities and towns may by ordinances or by- Provisos.
laws prohibit the sale or use of fireworks or firecrackers within
the city or town, or may limit the time within which fire-
crackers and torpedoes may be used; and provided, further,
that the city council of a city or the selectmen of a town
may disapprove the granting of such a license or permit,
and upon such disapproval or upon the refusal to grant or
issue the same by the officer or board designated for the
218
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 206, 207.
G. L. 148, § 2,
etc., amended.
Fire preven-
tion.
Application of
certain sections.
G. L. 148, § 0,
etc., amended.
Entry into a
one-family or
two-family
dwelling not
authorized, etc.
purpose by the marshal under the following section, the
license or permit shall in no event be granted or issued. In
Boston certificates of renewal of licenses as provided in
section fourteen shall be filed annually for registration with
the fire commissioner, accompanied by a fee of one dollar.
Section 2. Section two of said chapter one hundred
and forty-eight, as amended by section one of chapter four
hundred and eighty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one and by section one of chapter two hundred
and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
the second and third lines, the words "six, seven A," — so
as to read as follows : — Section 2. Except as otherwise
provided in section thirty, sections ten, thirteen, fourteen,
nineteen, twenty and twenty-two shall not apply to the
metropolitan district. Sections twenty-eight to fifty-one,
inclusive, shall apply only to said district.
Section 3. Section six of said chapter one hundred
and forty-eight, as amended by section two of said chapter
two hundred and seventy-seven, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: —
This section shall not authorize entry into a one-family or
two-family dwelling or any investigation or order relative
to conditions existing therein. Approved April 8, 1929.
C hap. 20Q An Act providing for vacations for members of the
REGULAR OR PERMANENT POLICE AND FIRE FORCES IN
TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter forty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section one hundred and eleven the follow-
ing new section:- — Section 111 A. In any town which ac-
cepts this section, all members of its regular or permanent
police or fire force may be granted a vacation of not less
than two weeks during each year of their employment,
without loss of pay. The provisions of this section shall
not apply in cities. Approved April 8, 1929.
G. L. 41, new
section after
§ 111.
Vacations for
members of
regular or
permanent
police and fire
forces in
towns.
Chap. 207 An Act relative to redemption of land taken or sold
FOR NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES IN PROCEEDINGS TO FORE-
CLOSE THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter sixty of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section sixty-eight and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 68. Any person
claiming an interest, within ten days after entering his ap-
pearance or within such further time as may on motion be
fl)"1-e'demptiou*' allowcd by the court, shall, if he desires to redeem, file an
answer setting forth his right in the premises, and an offer
to redeem upon such term's as may be fixed by the court.
G. L. 60, § 68,
amended.
Land taken
or sold for
taxes, filing of
answer, offer
to redeem,
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 208, 209. 219
Thereupon the court shall hear the parties, and may in any
case in its discretion make a finding allowing the party to
redeem, within a time fixed by the court, upon payment to
the petitioner of an amount sufficient to cover the original
sum, costs, interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum,
and all subsequent taxes, costs and interest to which the
petitioner may be entitled under section sixty-one or sixty-
two, together with the costs of the proceeding and such
counsel fee as the court deems reasonable. The court may
impose such other terms as justice and the circumstances
warrant.
Section 2. This act shall become operative on Sep- when
tember first in the current year, operative.
Approved April 8, 1929.
An Act authorizing the appointment of an additional (Jhav 208
COURT officer FOR THE DISTRICT COURT OF CHELSEA.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section sixty-two of chapter two hundred ^t^'^^'l^I'
and eighteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended
by section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "court" in
the eleventh line the words : — , the district court of Chelsea,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 62. In the municipal ^"^''offic ^rs in
court of the city of Boston the court officers appointed shall district courts.
not exceed ten for criminal business and five for civil business
and one of such court officers for criminal business shall be
designated by the chief justice as chief court officer of said
court for criminal business, and one of such court officers
for criminal business shall be designated as an assistant chief
court officer; in the municipal court of the Roxbury district
four court officers may be appointed ; in the municipal court
of the South Boston district, of the Charlestown district
and of the West Roxbury district, the East Boston district
court, the district court of Chelsea, the third district court ^i*^*^'.*^'""^' ^°^
of eastern Middlesex and the district court of East Norfolk orcheis^"'
two court officers for each court may be appointed; and in
each of the other district courts in the commonwealth one
court officer may be appointed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- submission to
ance, during the current year, by vote of the city council of "t*^ council,
the city of Boston, subject to the provisions of its charter;
but not otherwise. Approved April 8, 1929.
An Act continuing the close season on ruffed grouse (Jhdrf 209
UNTIL nineteen HUNDRED AND THIRTY. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Except as provided in chapter thirty-two of the acts of of°cios"e^s^^so
nineteen hundred and twenty-six as to Dukes county, it on ruffed
220
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 210.
grouse until
1930, except,
etc.
Penalty.
shall be unlawful, before the beginning of the open season
for ruffed grouse throughout the commonwealth in the
year nineteen hundred and thirty, to hunt, pursue, take or
kill a ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, or to have
in possession a ruffed grouse or any part thereof taken in
this commonwealth, except ruffed grouse taken under the
provisions of section thirtj^-five A or forty-four A, or propa-
gated under the provisions of section eighty-two, of chapter
one hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws. Violation
of any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine of not
less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each bird or
part thereof in respect to which the violation occurs.
Approved April 9, 1929.
Chap.210 An "Act requiring the marking of containers of scal-
lops WITH designation OF SOURCE.
G. L. 94, new
section after
§88.
Marking of
containers of
scallops with
designation of
source regu-
lated.
Penalty.
No prosecution
if certain guar-
anty is estab-
lished.
Proviso.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section eighty-eight the following
new section: — Section 88 A. No person shall sell, exchange
or deliver, or offer or expose for sale, exchange or delivery, or
have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, ex-
change or deliver, any scallops unless the box, carton or other
container thereof is plainly and conspicuously stamped,
labeled or marked, in such a manner as not to be easily
obhterated or defaced, with (a) the word "Massachusetts",
followed by the name of the town or of the locality where
taken, if taken from waters or flats within the common-
wealth; or (b) the name of the state, country or province
where taken, if taken from waters or flats outside the com-
monwealth but within three miles from the shore; or (c)
the words "SEA SCALLOPS", if taken more than three
miles from the shore.
Whoever, except a common carrier, fails to comply with
any provision of this section, or whoever falsely stamps,
labels or marks such a box, carton or other container, shall
be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than
fifty dollars.
No person shall be prosecuted hereunder, in case such a
box, carton or other container of scallops is stamped, labeled
or marked in apparent conformity herewith, whether it is
the original container in which such scallops were shipped or
delivered to him bearing the same stamp, label or mark as
when so shipped or delivered or is a different container
stamped, labeled or marked by him or under his direction
substantially the same, in respect to the source of such
scallops, as such original container, if he establishes a
guaranty signed by the person from whom he purchased the
same that the container in which the scallops were shipped
or delivered as aforesaid was, at the time of shipping or de-
livery, correctly stamped, labeled or marked under this
section, provided that no person shall be entitled to avail
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 211, 212. 221
himself of such a guaranty if it shall appear that he knew
or had good cause to believe that such original container was
not stamped, labeled or marked as required hereby.
Approved April 9, 1929.
An Act reviving the pratt coal company. Char) 211
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Pratt Coal Company, a corporation dissolved by chapter Pratt Coai
two hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nineteen revTv^d"^
hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby revived with the
same powers, duties and obligations as if said chapter had
not been passed ; and all acts and proceedings of the officers,
directors and stockholders of said corporation acting as such
which would be legal and valid but for the passage of said
chapter are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Approved April 9, 1929.
An Act relative to appeals from the refusal of as- Chav. 2\2
SESSORS TO ABATE TAXES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section sixty-eight A of chapter fifty-nine of the General g.l.sq §68A,
Laws, inserted by chapter three hundred and twelve of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof the following : — ; except that
payment of the tax shall not be a condition precedent to an
abatement thereof. In any case where a complaint is trans-
ferred to the court hereunder and the tax has not been paid,
if it is not reduced the respondent shall recover costs and
execution shall issue therefor as in actions at law, or if it is
reduced the petitioner shall recover judgment for costs and
the tax as so reduced shall stand as the tax on the property
and shall be collected in the manner provided for an original
tax, — so as to read as follows : — Section 68 A . Upon the Appeals from
filing of a complaint under section sixty-four in case of a aslessdrs^o
refusal to abate a tax exceeding five hundred dollars, the abate taxes,
• . nlinc oi
clerk of the county commissioners or of the board author- complaints,
ized to hear and determine the same, shall forthwith trans- ®*°"
mit a certified copy of such complaint to the assessors, and
the assessors or the city solicitor or town counsel may,
within fifteen days after receipt of said copy, give written
notice to said clerk and to the complainant that the town
elects to have the same heard and determined in the su-
perior court for the county where the property taxed lies.
The said clerk shall thereupon transmit to the court the Hearing and
complaint, together with all documents filed in connection oFco^pMntr
therewith, and the same shall be heard and determined in superior
by the court as an appeal under section sixty-five ; except "^"""^
that payment of the tax shall not be a condition precedent
to an abatement thereof. In any case where a complaint is
transferred to the court hereunder and the tax has not been
paid, if it is not reduced the respondent shall recover costs
222 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 213.
and execution shall issue therefor as in actions at law, or
if it is reduced the petitioner shall recover judgment for costs
and the tax as so reduced shall stand as the tax on the
property and shall be collected in the manner provided for
an original tax. Approved April 10, 1929.
Chap. 21S An Act relative to the commitment or removal of
CERTAIN PRISONERS TO INSTITUTIONS FOR THE INSANE
AND TO THEIR RETURN THEREFROM.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Snended' ^ '*'^' SECTION 1. Chapter ouc hundred and twenty-three of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
one hundred and two and inserting in place thereof the
oSlrs.^exam- followiug: — Section 102. The department shall designate
inatio'n. two pcrsons, cxperts in insanity, to examine prisoners in
the state prison, the Massachusetts reformatory, the prison
camp and hospital or the reformatory for women, alleged
to be insane. If any such prisoner appears to be insane or
in such mental condition that his commitment to an institu-
tion for the insane is necessary for his proper care or obser-
vation pending the determination of his insanity, the warden
or superintendent shall notify one or both of said experts,
who shall, with the physician of such penal institution, ex-
amine the prisoner and report the result of their investiga-
tion to the superior court of the county where such penal
of°thi8a^n°d^^ institution is situated. For the purposes of this and the
following sec- followiug sectiou, "superior court" may, in respect to a
co°urt"\o^^"°'^ prisoner in the Massachusetts reformatory, include the
include, etc. district court of central Middlesex, and, in respect to a
prisoner in the reformatory for women, the first district
court of southern Middlesex.
G. L 123, § 103, Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-three
IS hereby further amended by striking out section one hun-
dred and three and inserting in place thereof the following : —
onlrs.^'removai SectioTi 103. The superior court upon a report under the
to state preceding section, if it considers the prisoner to be insane
08pi a . or in such mental condition that his commitment to an
institution for the insane is necessary for his proper care or
observation pending the determination of his insanity, and
his removal expedient, shall issue a warrant, directed to
the warden or superintendent, authorizing him to cause
the prisoner, if a male, to be removed to the Bridgewater
state hospital, and, if a female, to be removed to one of the
state hospitals for the insane, there to be kept until re-
turned to prison as provided in section one hundred and five.
^L 123. §104, Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-three
is hereby further amended by striking out section one hun-
dred and four and inserting in place thereof the following: —
oners Removal SectioTi lOIf- If a prisoner under sentence in a jail, house of
from 'jails, corrcction, or prison other than one named in section one
nouses of cor- iiji. j.i_* • u xi
rection. etc. hundred and two, appears to be msane or m such mental
condition that his commitment to an institution for the
Acts, 1029. — Chap. 213. 2^3
insane is necessary for his proper care or observation pend-
ing the determination of his insanity, the physician in at-
tendance shall make a report thereof to the jailer or master
who shall transmit the same to one of the judges mentioned
in section fifty. If the judge finds in accordance with
sections fifty and fifty-one that the prisoner is insane, or if
he finds that the mental condition of the prisoner is such
that his commitment to an institution for the insane is
necessary for his proper care or observation pending the
determination of his insanity, and that his removal is ex-
pedient, he shall order the removal of such prisoner, if a
male to Bridgewater state hospital, if a female to one of the
state hospitals for the insane, there to be kept until returned
as provided in section one hundred and five; provided, that Proviso.
if a male prisoner has not been criminal and vicious in his
life the judge may order him removed to one of the state
hospitals. A physician, other than the physician in at-
tendance at the place of detention, making the certificate,
shall be entitled to the compensation provided by section
seventy-three.
Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-three, g. l. 123, § 105.
as amended in section one hundred and five by section four ^'^''••*'"^" ®
of chapter four hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section one hundred and five and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 105. When Reconveyance
in the opinion of the trustees and superintendent of the of pHsonwa
state hospital to which a prisoner has been removed under restored to
section one hundred, one hundred and three or one hundred ^^"' ^'
and four, or of the commissioner of correction and the
superintendent of the state farm in case of removal to the
Bridgewater state hospital, the mental condition of the
prisoner is such that he should be returned to the custody
of the person or to the penal institution from which he was
removed, they shall so certify upon the warrant or commit-
ment, and notice, accompanied by a written statement re-
garding the mental condition of the prisoner, shall be given
to such person or to the warden, superintendent, keeper or
master of such penal institution, as the case may be, who
shall thereupon cause the prisoner to be reconveyed to the
custody of such person, or to such penal institution, there
to remain pursuant to the original sentence if removed under
section one hundred and three or one hundred and four, com-
puting the time of his detention or confinement in the said
hospital as part of the term of his imprisonment under such
sentence; provided, that a prisoner removed to a state Proviso,
hospital under section one hundred, one hundred and three
or one hundred and four for his proper care or observation
pending the determination of his insanity shall be returned
in the manner hereinbefore provided to the penal institu-
tion or custody whence so removed, not later than thirty-
five days after such removal, but such prisoner shall in all
other respects be subject to the provisions of this section.
224
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 214, 215.
Discharge or
temporary
release of cer-
tain prisoners.
If a prisoner removed as insane under section one hundred
who has not been restored to sanity is returned as aforesaid
because in the opinion of the trustees and superintendent,
or of the commissioner of correction and superintendent, as
the case may be, neither the pubhc interest nor the welfare
of the prisoner will be promoted by his further retention in
the hospital, they shall so certify upon the warrant or com-
mitment and shall append thereto a report relative to the
prisoner's mental condition as affecting his criminal re-
sponsibility and the advisability of his discharge or temporary
release from the penal institution or custody to which he is
returned. Approved April 10, 1929.
C hap. 214i An Act authorizing the fall river co-operative bank
TO INVEST AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF MONEY IN REAL ESTATE
FOR BANKING PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Fall River Co-operative Bank, a co-
operative bank organized under the laws of this common-
wealth and having its usual place of business in the city of
Fall River, may, subject to the approval of the commis-
sioner of banks, invest in the purchase of a site in said city
and the erection thereon and preparation of a suitable build-
ing to be used in whole or in part for the convenient trans-
action of its business, an amount not exceeding forty thousand
dollars in addition to the amount heretofore authorized by
law to be invested for the aforesaid purposes; provided, how-
ever, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as
authorizing a total investment by said bank for the aforesaid
purposes exceeding in the aggregate the sum of one hundred
and forty thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 11, 1929.
Fall River Co-
operative Bank
may invest an
additional sum
of money in
real estate for
banking pur-
poses.
Proviso.
Chap. 215 An Act to establish in the town of Lexington repre-
sentative TOWN GOVERNMENT BY LIMITED TOWN MEET-
INGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the
town of Lexington as hereinafter provided, the selectmen shall
forthwith divide the territory thereof into not less than four
nor more than eight voting precincts, each of which shall be
plainly designated, and shall contain not less than five
hundred registered voters. All precincts shall contain ap-
proximately an equal number of registered voters.
The precincts shall be so established as to consist of com-
pact and contiguous territory, to be bounded, as far as
possible, by the center line of known streets and ways or
by other well defined limits. Their boundaries shall be
reviewed and, if need be, wholly or partly revised or the
number of precincts changed within the aforesaid limits by
Precinct voting,
representative
town meetings,
etc., in town
of Lexington.
Precincts,
establishment,
etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 215. 225
the selectmen in December, once in five years, or in Decem-
ber of any year when so directed by a vote of a representative
town meeting not later than November thirtieth of that year.
The selectmen shall, within twenty days after any estab- Selectmen to
lishment or revision of the precincts, but not later than ^^p"''* J^'^gs,
January twentieth of the succeeding year, file a report of
their doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and
the assessors with a map or maps or description of the pre-
cincts and the names and residences of the registered voters
therein. The selectmen shall also cause to be posted at
the town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts
as established or revised from time to time, with the names
and residences of the registered voters therein. They shall
also cause to be posted in at least one public place in each
precinct a map or description of that precinct with the
names and residences of the registered voters therein. The Division into
division of the town into voting precincts and any revision chi'^cts^ eff^tive
of such precincts shall take effect upon the date of the ^i^te, etc.
filing of the report thereof by the selectmen with the town
clerk. Whenever the precincts are estabhshed or revised, Z°*;^/'^j;|'
the town clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof notice to state
to the state secretary, stating the number and designation ^^^^'^^■^^y' «*•=•
of the precincts. Meetings of the registered voters of the Meetings of
several precincts for elections, for primaries, and for voting an|fwiiere^°
upon any question to be submitted to all the voters of the to be held.
town, shall be held on the same day and at the same hour
and at such place or places within the town as may from
time to time be determined by vote at a representative town
meeting under an appropriate article in the warrant there-
for, or, in default of such determination, as the selectmen
shall in the warrants for such meetings direct. The pro- Certain provi-
visions of the general laws, relating to precinct voting at fa\v"^t*o appiT^
elections, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this etc.
act, shall apply to all elections and primaries in the town
upon the establishment of voting precincts as hereinbefore
provided.
Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section Representative
three as town meeting members at large, the representative mrmbCT^Wpf
town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of number, etc'
the largest number divisible by three which will admit of a
representation of all precincts by an equal number of mem-
bers and which will not cause the total elected town meeting
membership to exceed two hundred and four. The regis- Town meeting
tered voters in every precinct shall, at the first annual town eL®cTion?terms.
election held after the establishment thereof, or at a special etc.
town election held prior to such annual town election and
at the first annual town election following any precinct
revision where the number of precincts is changed, con-
formably to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent
with this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters
in the precinct, other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, provided for in
the first sentence of this section, to be town meeting mem-
226 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 215.
bers of the town. The first third in order of votes received
of members so elected shall serve three years, the second
third in such order shall serve two years, and the remain-
ing third in such order shall serve one year, from the day
of the annual town meeting, if elected at such election, and,
if elected at a special town election, shall also serve from the
date of such special town election to and including the day
of the next following annual town meeting; in case of a tie
vote affecting the division into thirds as aforesaid the mem-
bers elected from the precinct shall by ballot determine the
same; and thereafter, except as is otherwise provided herein,
at each annual town election the registered voters of each
precinct shall, in like manner, elect one third of the number
of town meeting members to which that precinct is entitled
for the term of three years, and shall at such election fill for
the unexpired term or terms any vacancy or vacancies then
existing in the number of town meeting members in their re-
spective precincts. Upon every revision of the precincts
where the number of precincts is changed, the terms of office
of all town meeting members from every precinct shall
Notice to mem- cease upon the election of their successors. The town clerk
ers e ec e . gjj^ll, after every election of town meeting members, forthwith
notify each member by mail of his election.
HmTt"duf^'"^^ Section 3. Any representative town meeting held under
elected town the provislous of this act, except as otherwise provided
berfand'ceT" herein, shall be hmited to the voters elected under section
tow/mlftin*'^'^ ^^^' together with the following, designated as town meeting
members at mcmbcrs at large; namely, any member of the general
^^^^' court of the commonwealth from the town, the moderator,
the town clerk, the members of the board of selectmen and
public works, the town treasurer, the town counsel, the
chairman of the school committee, the chairman of the
appropriation committee, and the chairman of the cemetery
Notice of town commissioncrs. The town clerk shall notify the town
meetmgs, etc. j^eetiug members of the time and place at which representa-
tive town meetings are to be held, the notices to be sent by
mail at least seven days before the meeting.
The town meeting members, as aforesaid, shall be the
judges of the election and qualifications of their members.
Quorum. Qjjg hundred town meeting members shall constitute a
quorum for doing business; but a less number may organize
Notice of temporarily and may adjourn from time to time. Notice
sdjourncQ town . .
meetings to be of every adjoumcd representative town meeting shall be
posted, etc. posted by the town clerk in five or more public places in
the town; and the town clerk shall also notify the members
by mail of the adjournment at least twenty-four hours be-
fore the time of the adjourned representative town meeting,
if the period of adjournment will permit. The notices shall
state briefly the business to be acted upon at any meeting
. and shall include notice of any proposed reconsideration,
pubiio!^^ All town meetings shall be public; and, subject to such
conditions as may be determined from time to time by the
representative town meeting, any voter of the town who is
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 215. 227
not a town meeting member may speak at any representative
town meeting, but he shall not vote. A town meeting Resignations.
member may resign by filing a written resignation with the
town clerk, and such resignation shall take effect upon the
date of such filing. No elected member whose official po-
sition entitles him to be a member at large shall act as a
member at large during such time as he remains an elected
member. A town meeting member who removes from the Removal from
town shall cease to be a town meeting member and an elected ciTct, "effect
town meeting member who removes from one precinct to
another or is so removed by a revision of precincts shall not
retain membership after the next annual election as an
elected member from the precinct from which he has or is
removed. The town meeting members as such shall re-
ceive no compensation.
Section 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting Nomination of
members to be elected under this act shall be made by town meetin°g'^
nomination papers signed by not less than ten voters of the J^^'J'g'^®''^' ^°'^
precinct in which the candidate resides, and filed with the
town clerk at least fifteen days before the election; pro- Proviso.
vided, that any town meeting member may become a can-
didate for re-election by giving written notice thereof to
the town clerk at least thirty days before election. No Acceptance of
nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate n°"i'°*t'o°-
whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto
when filed.
Section 5. The articles in the warrant for every town Warrant ar-
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moderator, ac'ted up^, etc.
town officers, town meeting members, and as hereinbefore
provided, to referenda and all matters to be acted upon and
determined by ballot shall be acted upon and determined by
the voters in their respective meetings by precinct. All other
articles in the warrant for any town meeting, beginning with
the town meeting at which said town meeting members are
first elected, shall be acted upon and determined exclusively
by town meeting members at a meeting to be held at such
time and place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the
warrant for the meeting, subject to the referendum pro-
vided for by section eight.
Section 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at ^^°'^^l^°\
each annual town meeting and shall serve as moderator of
all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law,
until a successor is elected and qualified. Nominations for
and election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other
elective town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be
filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held for
that purpose. If a moderator is absent a moderator pro Moderator
tempore may be elected by the town meeting members. pro tempore.
Section 7. Any vacancy in the full number of town vacancies in
meeting members from any precinct, whether arising from of'towTmeet-
a failure of the registered voters thereof to elect, or from any jjjs members,
other cause, may be filled until the next annual election by '"^' ^ °'
t^he remaining town meeting members of the precinct frona
228
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 215.
Notices of
vacancy.
Calling of
special meeting
Choice by
ballot.
Certificate of
choice, etc.
Votes, when
operative, etc.
Measures laid
on table, etc.
Referendum.
among the registered voters thereof. Notice of any vacancy
shall promptly be given by the town clerk to the remaining
members from the precinct in which the vacancy or vacancies
exist and the town clerk shall call a special meeting of such
members for the purpose of filling any vacancy, and shall
cause to be mailed to every such member not less than seven
days before the time set for the meeting, a notice specifying
the object, time and place of the meeting. At the said
meeting a majority of the members from such precinct shall
constitute a quorum, and they shall elect from their own
number a chairman and a clerk. The choice to fill any
vacancy shall be by written ballot and a majority of the
votes cast shall be required for a choice. The chairman and
clerk shall count the ballots and shall make a certificate of
the choice and forthwith file the same with the town clerk,
together with a written acceptance by the member or mem-
bers so chosen who shall thereupon be deemed elected and
qualified a town meeting member or members, subject to the
right of all the town meeting members to judge of the elec-
tion and qualifications of the members as set forth in sec-
tion three.
Section 8. No final vote of any representative town
meeting passing or rejecting a measure under any article
in the warrant, except a vote to adjourn or dissolve, or votes
appropriating money for the payment of notes or bonds of
the town and interest thereon becoming due within the
then current financial year, or votes for the temporary
borrowing of money in anticipation of revenue, or a vote
declared by preamble by a two thirds vote of the town
meeting members present and voting thereon to be an
emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation
of the peace, health, safety or convenience of the town, shall
be operative until after the expiration of five days, exclusive
of Sundays and legal holidays, from the dissolution of the
meeting. Any such measure disposed of by a vote to lay
on the table, to postpone indefinitely, or other dilatory vote,
shall be deemed to have been rejected in the form in which
it was presented and perfected or changed by such amend-
ments, if any, as have been adopted by the said meeting.
If, within said five days, a petition, signed by not less than
two hundred and fifty registered voters of the town, con-
taining their names and addresses as they appear on the
list of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen request-
ing that the question or questions involved in any such vote
which has not become operative as aforesaid be submitted
to the voters of the town at large, then the operation of
such vote shall be further suspended pending its determina-
tion as hereinafter provided, and the selectmen, within ten
days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special
meeting, which shall be held within fourteen days after the
issuing of the call, for the purpose of presenting to the voters
at large the question or questions so involved. All votes
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 215. 229
upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot,
and the check list shall be used in the several precinct meet-
ings in the same manner as in the election of town officers.
The questions so submitted shall be determined by vote of de"ttrm°ine'/°''
the same proportion of voters at large voting thereon as etc.
would have been required by law of the town meeting mem-
bers had the question been finally determined at a rep-
resentative town meeting. The questions so submitted ^ated upon"'*'
shall be stated upon the ballot in substantially the same ballot, etc.
language and form in which they were stated when presented
to said representative town meeting by the moderator as
appears from the records of the said meeting. If such peti- votes operative
tion is not filed within the said period of five days, the vote etc!° p®*"'*'""'
of the representative town meeting shall become operative
upon the expiration of the said period.
Section 9. The town of Lexington after the acceptance Powers of town
of this act and the first election of town meeting members metti^ng^^em-
thereunder, shall have the capacity to act through and be ^ers, etc.
bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when
convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute
representative town meetings; and the representative town
meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to
the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal
corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of
law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town
affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any representa-
tive town meeting in accordance with the provisions of this
act, have the same force and effect as if vSuch action had been
taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of the town
as heretofore organized and conducted.
Section 10. This act shall not abridge the right of the Certain rights
inhabitants of Lexington to hold general meetings, as that ^°J^ =*'^"dged,
right is secured to them by the constitution of this common-
wealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative
town meeting in Lexington the power finally to commit the
town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or
changing its government, without action thereon by the
voters of the town at large, using the ballot and the check
list therefor.
Section 11. This act shall be submitted to the regis- submission to
tered voters of the town of Lexington for acceptance at any of°Llxington°
annual or special town meeting. The vote shall be taken by ®*^*'-
ballot in precincts in accordance with the provisions of the
general laws, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer
to the question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot
to be used for the election of town officers: "Shall an act
passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, entitled 'An Act to establish in the town
of Lexington representative town government by limited
town meetings' be accepted by this town?"
Section 12. So much of this act as authorizes its sub- Time of
mission to the registered voters of the town shall take ef- ^''^^''^ ^^^^'
230
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 216.
Resubmission
after rejection,
etc.
feet upon its passage, and the remainder shall take effect
upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting
thereon.
Section 13. If this act is rejected by the registered
voters of the town of Lexington when submitted to said
voters under section eleven it may be submitted for ac-
ceptance in like' manner from time to time to such voters at
any annual or special meeting in said town within three years
thereafter. Approved April 11, 1929.
Chap. 216 An Act relative to the revision of the amount of
BAIL OF CERTAIN DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL CASES.
G. L. 218, § 30,
amended.
District courts
may bind over
certain persons
for trial to
superior court.
Certain infor-
mation to be
transmitted to
clerk of
superior court.
Revision of
amount of bail
in certain cases
G. L. 219, § 20,
amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section thirty of chapter two hundred and
eighteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "shall" in the fifth line the word: — forth-
with, — by inserting after the word "entered" in the ninth
line the words : — and the report of the department of
mental diseases as to the mental condition of the defendant,
if such report has been filed under the provisions of section
one hundred A of chapter one hundred and twentj^-three, —
and by adding at the end thereof the following new sen-
tence: — If such a person is committed for failure to recog-
nize as ordered, the superior court shall thereupon have
jurisdiction of the case against such person for the purpose
of revising the amount of bail theretofore fixed, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 30. They shall commit or bind
over for trial in the superior court persons brought before
them who appear to be guilty of crimes not within their
final jurisdiction, and may so commit or bind over persons
brought before them who appear to be guilty of crimes within
their final jurisdiction. In such cases the clerk of the dis-
trict court shall forthwith transmit to the clerk of the su-
perior court a copy of the complaint and of the record, the
original recognizances, a list of the witnesses, a statement of
the expenses and the appearance of the attorney for the
defendant, if any is entered, and the report of the depart-
ment of mental diseases as to the mental condition of the
defendant, if such report has been filed under the provisions
of section one hundred A of chapter one hundred and twenty-
three, and no other papers need be transmitted. If such
a person is committed for failure to recognize as ordered,
the superior court shall thereupon have jurisdiction of the
case against such person for the purpose of revising the
amount of bail theretofore fixed.
Section 2. Section twenty of chapter two hundred and
nineteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following : — If a person is committed under
this section or under section thirty-one for failure to recog-
nize as ordered, the superior court shall thereupon have
jurisdiction of the case against such person for the purpose
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 216. 231
of revising the amount of bail theretofore fixed, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 20. Whoever is brought before Trial before
a trial justice for any of the crimes named in the preceding f™b).^chesof
section shall be examined by him, and may be tried before the peace, or
him, and, if convicted, may be required to find sureties to to^uperior^'^
keep the peace for not more than one year and be punished °°^^^-
by fine or imprisonment as before provided; or, if the of-
fence is of a high and aggravated nature, he may be com-
mitted or bound over for trial before the superior court.
If a person is committed under this section or under section Revision of
thirty-one for failure to recognize as ordered, the superior fn'c°e"tain^casM
court shall thereupon have jurisdiction of the case against
such person for the purpose of revising the amount of bail
theretofore fixed.
Section 3. Section fifty-eight of chapter two hundred ^- ^l^l' ^ ^^■
and seventy-six of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out all after the word "by" in the sixth line, and
inserting in place thereof the words: — the supreme judicial
or superior court or by a justice of either court, for a less
amount than is required by the order or by an order of either
court, or of a justice thereof, revising said amount, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 58. If the person is com- Notice to
mitted without an order fixing the amount of the recog- °wt''fixed!^etc.
nizance, he shall not be admitted to bail under the preceding
section until reasonable notice of his application has been
given to the officer by whom he was committed, or a hear-
ing has been given to the officer in whose custody he is held;
and if committed with such order, he shall not be admitted
to bail, except by the supreme judicial or superior court or
by a justice of either court, for a less amount than is re-
quired by the order or by an order of either court, or of a
justice thereof, revising said amount.
Section 4. Section eighteen of chapter two hundred ^^^^Hl' ^ '^'
and seventy-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "behavior" in the thirteenth line
the following : — If the appellant is committed for failure
to recognize, the superior court shall thereupon have juris-
diction of the case for the purpose of revising the amount
of bail required as aforesaid, — • so as to read as follows: —
Section 18. Whoever is convicted of a crime before a district Appeals in
,..,.,. ij,i • , 1 criminal cases
court or trial justice may appeal to the superior court, and to superior
at the time of conviction shall be notified of his right to take *'°"''*'
such appeal. The case shall be entered in the superior court
on the return day next after the appeal is taken, and the
appellant shall be committed to abide the sentence of said
court until he recognizes to the commonwealth, in such sum
and with such surety or sureties as the court or trial justice
requires, with condition to appear at the superior court on
said return day and at any subsequent time to which the
case may be continued, if not previously surrendered and
discharged, and so from time to time until the final sentence,
order or decree of the court thereon, and to abide such
final sentence, order or decree, and not depart without leave,
232
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 217, 218.
Revision of
amount of bail
in certain
casea.
Effective date.
and in the meantime to keep the peace and be of good be-
havior. If the appellant is committed for failure to recog-
nize, the superior court shall thereupon have jurisdiction of
the case for the purpose of revising the amount of bail re-
quired as aforesaid. In cases of misdemeanor the appellant
may, in the discretion of the court or trial justice, be held on
his own recognizance. The appellant shall not be required
to advance any fees upon claiming his appeal or in prosecut-
ing the same.
Section 5. This act shall take effect September first in
the current year. Approved April 11, 1929.
Chap. 217 An Act authorizing the city of haverhill to compen-
sate KATHERINE E. ROGERS FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED
BY REASON OF CERTAIN ACTS OF MEMBERS OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT OF SAID CITY DONE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR
DUTIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation, the city of Haverhill may pay a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars to Katherine E. Rogers as full
City of
Haverhill may
compensate
Katherine E.
Rogers for
certain injuries, compensation for damage sustained and for expenses incurred
on account of injuries received by her by reason of certain
acts of members of the fire department of said city done in
the course of their official duties.
SiTdpir *° Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
councii, etc. ancc during the current year by vote of the municipal coun-
cil of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter; other-
wise it shall not take effect. Approved April 11, 1929.
Chap
Temporary
reinstatement
of David M.
Cleary as a
member of fire
department of
city of Boston.
Submission to
mayor and
city council,
etc.
.218 An Act authorizing the temporary reinstatement, for
PURPOSES OF retirement ONLY, OF DAVID M. CLEARY AS
A MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. David M. Cleary, a former member of the
fire department of the city of Boston who was discharged
therefrom on September fourth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, may be reinstated in said department without
further examination; (provided, that such reinstatement
shall be for the sole purpose of retiring him under the ap-
propriate provisions of chapter five hundred and twenty-one
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two^
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the mayor and city council
of said city, in accordance with the provisions of its charter.
Approved April 11, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 219, 220, 221. 233
An Act relative to the treatment of certain patients QJiav 219
AT the long island HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of institutions of the city Treatment of
of Boston, or such officer of its institutions department as paUe'iTts at the
the commissioner may designate, may admit to the Long J;'°"^jJ®,'^"'^
Island hospital in said city for treatment or care any person city of
chronically ill whose legal settlement is in Boston, or any ^°^^°^-
person who is employed by said institutions department, or
any person who may, while on any of the islands in Boston
harbor or on any boat or vessel therein, require in an emer-
gency, temporary treatment or care.
Section 2. Said commissioner may establish fees and fharges'^etc
charges which shall be paid to the use of said city by all
persons admitted as aforesaid or by their kindred as pro-
vided in section six of chapter one hundred and seventeen
of the General Laws; but if, in the judgment of the com- Remittance,
missioner, such persons or their kindred are unable to pay
said fees or charges, he may remit the same.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
during the current year by vote of the city council of said el*/''""""''
city, subject to the provisions of its charter.
Approved April 13, 1929.
An Act authorizing the city of haverhill to compen- Cfinnj 220
SATE EVELYN FOSS FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED BY REASON
OF CERTAIN ACTS OF A POLICE OFFICER OF SAID CITY DONE
IN THE COURSE OF HIS DUTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L For the purpose of discharging a moral Ha^g°f,iij
obligation, the city of Haverhill may pay a sum not ex- compensatT^^
ceeding twenty-five hundred dollars to Evelyn Foss as full forcertafn^^
compensation for damage sustained and for expenses incurred injuries, etc.
on account of injuries received by her by reason of certain
acts of a member of the police department of said city done
in the course of his official duties.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission
during the current year by vote of the municipal council of cou'^cn.'ete'!^
said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved April 13, 1929.
An Act relative to consent and notice upon petitions Chav 221
FOR adoption of CHILDREN. ^ *
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Chapter two hundred and ten of the Gen- g.l. 210. §2.
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out section two '^'"^"ded.
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 2. Written con-
A decree for such adoption shall not be made, except- as perso°ns''r" ''"^
hereinafter provided, without the written consent of the decfefi^
adoption.
234
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 222.
G. L. 210, § 4,
amended.
Notice to
parties when
required
written con-
sent is not
submitted to
court witli
petition.
Publication of
notice in
certain cases.
Notice to
department
of public
welfare in
certain cases.
EfTective date.
child, if above the age of fourteen; of her husband, if she
is a married woman; of the lawful parents or surviving
parent; of the mother only of the child, if illegitimate; or
of the person substituted for any of the above named by this
chapter. Illegitimacy shall in no case be expressly averred
upon the record. A person whose consent is hereby re-
quired shall not thereby be debarred from being the adopt-
ing parent. If the child has been previously adopted, a
subsequent decree of adoption of the child shall not be made
without the written consent of the previous adopting parents
or parent surviving, nor unless notice of the subsequent
petition for adoption has been given to the persons whose
consent to the original adoption was required under this
section; but such subsequent decree may be made without
the consent of such persons. Notice of any petition for
adoption shall be given to the guardian of the child, if any.
Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and ten is hereby
further amended by striking out section four and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 4- If the written
consent required by the two preceding sections is not sub-
mitted to the court with the petition, the court shall order
notice by personal service upon the parties of an order of
notice, in such form as shall be prescribed under section
thirty of chapter two hundred and fifteen, or, if the parties
are not found within this commonwealth, by publication of
said order of notice once in each of three successive weeks
in such newspaper as the court orders, the last publication
to be seven days at least before the time appointed for the
hearing, and the court may require additional notice and
consent. But if such child is of unknown parentage and is a
foundling, publication as herein set forth shall not be re-
quired; but notice of the petition shall be given to the
department of public welfare.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on September first
in the current year. Approved Api'il 15, 1929.
Chap. 222 An Act relative to the temporary care of patients at
INSTITUTIONS FOR THE INSANE AT THE REQUEST OF SHERIFFS
OR DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section seventy-nin^
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 79.
The superintendent or manager of any institution for the
insane, in the case of the Gardner state colony when so au-
thorized by the department, may, when requested by a
physician, member of the board of health, sheriff, deputy
sheriff, member of the state police, selectman, police officer
of a town or by an agent of the institutions department of
Boston, receive and care for in such institution as a patient,
for. a period not exceeding ten days, any person needing
immediate care and treatment because of mental derange-
G. L. 123, § 79,
amended.
Temporary
care of insane
persons need-
ing immediate
care, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 223. 235
ment other than delirium tremens or drunkenness. Such
request for admission of a patient shall be put in writing and
be filed at the institution at the time of his reception, or
within twenty-four hours thereafter, together with a state-
ment in a form prescribed or approved by the department,
giving such information as it deems appropriate. Any such
patient deemed by the superintendent or manager not
suitable for such care shall, upon the request of the superin-
tendent or manager, be removed forthwith from the in-
stitution by the person requesting his reception, and, if he is
not so removed, such person shall be liable to the common-
wealth or to the person maintaining the private institution, as
the case may be, for all reasonable expenses incurred under
this section on account of the patient, which may be recovered
in contract by the state treasurer or by such person, as the
case may be. The superintendent or manager shall cause
every such patient either to be examined by two physicians,
qualified as provided in section fifty-three, who shall cause
application to be made for his admission or commitment to
such institution, or to be removed therefrom before the
expiration of said period of ten days, unless he signs a re-
quest to remain therein under section eighty-six. Reason-
able expenses incurred for the examination of the patient
and his transportation to the institution shall be allowed,
certified and paid as provided by section seventy-four.
Approved April 15, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of maynard to borrow (J]i(iy 223
AN additional AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR SEWERAGE PUR- *
POSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes specified in chapter three Town of
hundred and forty of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred h'o/rowtiT^^
and sixteen, the town of Maynard may from time to time, additional
within a period of five years from the passage of this act, money for
borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the pt]^po"sll
aggregate, one hundred thousand dollars, in addition to
any sums heretofore authorized for sewerage purposes, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Maynard Sewerage Loan, Act of 1929. Each Maynard
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such let o^mo!"*"'
loans shall be payable in not more than thirty years from
their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
including the limitation contained in the first paragraph of
section seven thereof as revised by chapter three hundred
and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 16, 1929.
236
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 224, 225, 226.
Town of
Easton may
borrow money
for school
purposes.
Chap. 224 An Act authorizing the town of easton to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for, and/or
constructing, new school buildings and originally equipping
and furnishing said buildings, and/or constructing additions
to present school buildings where such additions increase the
floor space and originally equipping and furnishing such
additions, the town of Easton may borrow from time to
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Easton School Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid
in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue
shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an
amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue
is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy
of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained
in the first paragraph of section seven thereof as revised by
chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Appi-oved April 16, 1929.
Easton School
Loan, Act of
1929.
Chap. 22^ An Act reviving the howard benevolent society of
CAMBRIDGE.
The Howard
Benevolent
Society of
Cambridge
revived.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Howard Benevolent Society of Cambridge, a corpo-
ration dissolved by chapter one hundred and fifty-seven of
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby
revived with the same powers, duties and obligations as if
said chapter had not been passed.
Approved April 16, 1929.
Chap. 22^ An Act reviving the change-over heel company.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Change-Over Heel Company, a corpo-
ration dissolved by chapter two hundred and seventy-three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
revived with the same powers, duties and obligations as if
said chapter had not been passed.
Section 2. This act shall be operative as of March
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Approved April 16, 1929.
Change-Over
Heel Company
revived.
When
operative.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 227, 228. 237
An Act authorizing the metropolitan district com- (JJkij) 227
MISSION to expend A FURTHER SUM OF MONEY FOR THE
COMPLETION OF THE BROOKLINE STREET-ESSEX STREET-
COTTAGE FARM BRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
For the cost of construction of the new Brookhne street- Metropolitan
Essex street-Cottage Farm bridge and its approaches, au- commission
thorized by chapter four hundred and ninety-seven of the "urfher^um *
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and acts in addi- of money for
tion thereto and in amendment thereof, the metropohtan of the Brook-"
district commission may expend a further sum not exceeding Essefst^eet-
three hundred thousand dollars in addition to the amounts Cottage Farm
heretofore authorized. The state treasurer may borrow on stltrtreas-
the credit of the commonwealth such further sums, not ex- urermay
ceeding in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, as et°c"°^^ money,
may from time to time be required, and may issue and renew
notes of the commonwealth, carrying such rates of interest
as the state treasurer may fix, with the approval of the
governor and council, said notes to be for such term or terms
as shall be recommended by the governor in pursuance of
section three of Article LXII of the amendments to the
constitution. The additional construction cost incurred Determination
, ., • • (• J.1 • J. • 1 T -J. J. 1 11 1 and assessment
under the provisions oi this act, including interest, shall be of additional
determined and assessed in accordance with the provisions cost.*'^"''''°°
of section five of said chapter four hundred and ninety-seven
relative to the Brookline street-Essex street-Cottage Farm
bridge and approaches.
{The foregoing was laid before the governor on the tenth day
of April, 1929, and after five days it had "the force of a law",
as prescribed by the constitution, as it was not returned by him
with his objections thereto within that time.)
An Act establishing harbor lines on the northerly (Jhav 228
SIDE OF the MYSTIC RIVER IN THE CITY OF EVERETT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The harbor lines on the northerly side of the Harbor unea
Mystic river in the city of Everett are hereby changed and side"ofMystic
established as follows: The location of each of the points in of^'lvMett^
the line hereinafter described is fixed by a distance herein- established,
after called longitude, in feet, from a meridian passing
through the center of the apex of the dome of the state
house in Boston, and by a distance hereinafter called lati-
tude, in feet, from a line at right angles to said meridian
and passing through the said center of the apex of the state
house dome, and the bearings refer to the true meridian
passing through the center of said apex. Beginning at a
point on the southeast corner of the top stone of the bulk-
head wall of the metropolitan sewer pumping station near
Maiden Bridge, so-called, in latitude eleven thousand four
hundred sixty-seven and ninety-four hundredths feet north
238
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 229.
Certain lines
abolished.
and longitude one thousand eight hundred seventy-three and
twenty-eight hundredths feet west, said point being num-
bered 14 on a plan entitled "Mystic River, Mass. proposed
revision of harbor lines, scale 1-5000, U. S. Engineer Office
Boston Mass" and approved July thirty-first, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty by W. R. Williams, the assistant secretary
of war; thence south eighty degrees twenty-six minutes
thirty-one seconds east true bearing three thousand nine
hundred eighty-six feet more or less to a point in latitude
ten thousand eight hundred six and thirteen hundredths feet
north and longitude two thousand fifty-seven and thirteen
hundredths feet east, being point 15 on the above mentioned
plan.
Point 15 is on the westerly side of the mouth of Island
End river at the intersection of line 14-15 and the easterly
line of Elm street, so-called, in Charlestown, extended
northerly.
Section 2. Lines E-F and F-G established by section
three of chapter two hundred and ninety-three of the acts
of eighteen hundred and fifty-six are hereby abolished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 17, 1929.
Boston Port
Authority
established.
Membership
of board.
Chairman.
Term.
Chap. 229 An Act establishing a board to be known as the
BOSTON PORT AUTHORITY, PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES AND
DEFINING THE PORT OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established an unpaid board
to be known as the Boston Port Authority, consisting of two
persons to be appointed by the governor, with the advice
and consent of the council, and three persons to be appointed
by the mayor of the city of Boston. Every member of said
board shall be a resident of a city or town included within
the metropolitan parks district. Said board shall elect one
of its members to act as chairman. Each member of said
board shall serve for a term of five years from the date of his
appointment. Any vacancy occurring in said board shall be
filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the
council, or by the mayor, according as the original appoint-
ment was made. Any member of the board appointed by
the governor as aforesaid may be removed by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council, and any member
of the board appointed by the mayor may be removed in
accordance with the provisions of section fourteen of chapter
four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and nine.
Section 2. For the purposes of this act, the port of
Boston is hereby defined to be all of the tide water lying
westerly of a line drawn between Point Allerton on the south
and the southerly end of Point Shirley on the north and all
parcels of land adjacent thereto and property thereon. The
board shall, from time to time, investigate any and all
Vacancy.
Removal.
Port of Boston
defined.
Duties of
board.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 230. 239
matters relating to the port of Boston, particularly with
reference to the unification of overseas terminals, belt line
connections, condition and location of piers and channels,
switching, floatage, lighterage, rates, rules, regulations and
practices, dockage, wharfage, water front labor conditions,
grain elevator and warehouse facilities. With the assent
and approval of the mayor, the board may initiate or partici-
pate in any rate proceedings, or any hearings or investiga-
tions, concerning the port of Boston, before any other body
or official. The board shall report annually in I3ccember, or Annual report,
oftener if the board deems it necessary, to the governor, the
general court and the mayor.
Section 3. Said board shall have an office in the city of B^toi!" m-
Boston and may employ such experts, counsel and other pioyme'ntof
assistants and incur such other expense as it may deem •^^p^''^^- «*«•
necessary. All such expenses shall be paid by the city of Expenses.
Boston upon requisition by the board to the extent that
appropriations therefor are available, but not exceeding in
the' aggregate in any one year the sum of fifty thousand dol-
lars; provided, that said board shall have the same right to Proviso,
incur expense in anticipation of its appropriation as if it
were a regular department of said city.
Section 4. The board shall have access to all maps. Board to
charts, plans and documents relating to all matters within to mapT^etc
its jurisdiction in the office or custody of any public board,
commission or official of said city.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 17, 1929.
An Act providing for an assistant to the registrar nhfj^ oon
OF motor vehicles and relative to the delegation ' ^'
OF THE registrar's POWERS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an '"^'^^'^ ®'
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety of the General Laws, as most recently g. l. qo. § 29.
amended in section twenty-nine by chapter four hundred etc., amended.
and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 29. Registrar of
The registrar shall appoint competent persons to act as in- to°appo^nt"^ ^^
vestigators and examiners, may remove them for cause, and i^nvestigators,
may determine their compensation and terms of service and
define their duties. He may also appoint, for cause remove May appoint a
and fix the compensation of, a deputy registrar and an trTr^and'^ln^'
assistant to the registrar, and may delegate to such deputy assistant to
and assistant the performance of any duty imposed upon ^f^ ^^j^*
the registrar by any provision of this chapter. Said in- po'^wera^ ^^* *
240
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 230.
Powers of in-
spectors and
examiners.
Investigation
of causes of
accidents, etc.
Special con-
stables to en-
force motor
vehicle laws,
etc.
Reports to
registrar by
local author-
ities of certain
accidents,
etc.
Surrender of
license, regis-
tration cer-
tificate, etc.,
upon sus-
pension or
revocation.
Revocation of
license in fatal
cases.
Hearing.
Issue of
license after
revocation.
spectors and examiners, with respect to the enforcement of
the laws relating to motor vehicles, shall have and exercise
throughout the commonwealth all the powers of constables,
except the service of civil process, and of police officers, in-
cluding the power to arrest any person who violates any
provision of this chapter, and they may serve all processes
lawfully issued by the courts, the department in the exercise
of its functions under this chapter or the registrar. The
registrar may investigate the cause of any accident in which
any motor vehicle is involved, and for this purpose may
send his investigators into other states. The selectmen of
any town and the mayor of any city of less than one hundred
thousand inhabitants where there is no police commission
or police commissioner, and the police commission or police
commissioner, when such exist, of any such city, may ap-
point special constables, who shall serve without cost to
such city or town and who shall have all the powers of police
officers and constables in relation to the enforcement of all
laws and regulations concerning motor vehicles. The chief
officer of the police department of every city and town and
the chairman of the selectmen of such towns as have no
regular police department shall notify the registrar forth-
with, upon blanks furnished by him, of the particulars of
every accident referred to in section twenty-six which hap-
pens within the limits of his city or town in which a motor
vehicle is involved, together with such further information
relative to such accident as the registrar may require, and
shall also, if possible, ascertain the name of the person op-
erating such vehicle and notify the registrar of the same.
Every such officer, upon the request of the registrar, shall
demand forthwith the license of any operator and the cer-
tificate of registration and number plates of any motor
vehicle situated within the city or town where such officer
resides when said license or certificate has been suspended or
revoked by the registrar, and shall forward the same to the
registrar. Whenever the death of any person results from
any such accident, the registrar shall suspend forthwith the
license of the person operating the motor vehicle involved
in said accident, and shall order the said license to be de-
livered to him ; and the registrar shall revoke the same unless,
upon investigation and after a hearing, he determines that
the accident occurred without serious fault upon the part
of the operator or chauffeur of such motor vehicle. No
operator whose license is revoked under this section shall be
licensed again within six months after the date of the sus-
pension, nor thereafter except in the discretion of the regis-
trar. Approved April 17, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 231, 232. 241
An Act authorizing advances for certain expenses (Jjidj) 231
TO BE incurred BY PROBATION OFFICERS OF THE SUPERIOR
COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the General ^Jc^amenJed^'
Laws, as amended in section ninety-four by chapter one
hundred and sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 94- The reasonable expenses incurred by probation Expenses of
officers of the superior court in the performance of their offic^ere'o?
duties shall be approved and apportioned by the court, and superior court.
paid by the county to which they are thus apportioned.
Money to be used for the necessary expenses to be incurred ^r cenahi
by such a probation officer in going outside the common- expenses.
wealth for the purpose of bringing back for surrender to the
court a person who is on probation shall be advanced by the
treasurer of the county in which such person was placed
on probation, upon presentation of a certificate signed by
the probation officer and approved by said court. After Filing of item-
his return such probation officer shall account for such money '^^'^ vouchers.
by filing with said county treasurer itemized vouchers, duly
sworn to, approved by the court, setting forth the necessary
expenses so incurred and any unexpended balance of such
money shall be paid to said county treasurer. Probation Reimbursement
officers of district courts and of the Boston juvenile court Officers oVdis-
shall be reimbursed by the county for their actual disburse- l^lf^^'^^l^
ments for necessary expenses incurred while in the perform- Boston juve-
ance of their duties, including their reasonable traveling
expenses in attending conferences authorized by section
ninety-nine, not exceeding three hundred dollars to each in
any one year, upon vouchers approved by the court by
which they are appointed. Approved April 17, 1929.
nile court.
An Act relative to the issue of insurance brokers' C/iai). 232
LICENSES TO PARTNERSHIPS COMPOSED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART OF VETERANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General pigy^*^^'
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section one hundred amended.
and sixty-seven A, as inserted by section twelve of chapter
four hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 167 A. No fee for a license issued under section one No fee
hundred and sixty-six, one hundred and sixty-seven or one sokTiert^saHors,
hundred and seventy-three shall be required of or on account etc., for certain
of any soldier, sailor or marine resident in this common- censeT '"
wealth who has served in the army or navy of the United
242
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 233, 234.
States in time of war or insurrection and received an honor-
able discharge therefrom or release from active duty therein,
if he presents to the commissioner satisfactory evidence of
his identity. Approved April 17, 1929.
Chap. 233 An Act subjecting the office of superintendent of
BUILDINGS AND INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS OF THE CITY OF
CHELSEA TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of superintendent of buildings and
inspector of buildings of the city of Chelsea shall, upon the
effective date of this act, become subject to the civil service
laws and rules and regulations, and the term of office of any
incumbent thereof shall be unlimited, except that he inay be
removed in accordance with such laws and rules and regu-
lations; but the person holding said office on said effective
date may continue therein without taking a civil service
examination.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Chelsea at its next
regular city election in the form of the following question
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used at
said election: "Shall an act passed by the general court in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, entitled 'An
Act subjecting the office of superintendent of buildings and
inspector of buildings of the city of Chelsea to the civil
service laws', be accepted?" If a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said
question, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not other-
wise. Approved April 17, 1929.
Office of super-
intendent of
buildings and
inspector of
buildings of
city of Chelsea
subject to civil
service laws.
Submission to
voters, etc.
Chap
.234 An Act relative to the conveyance to the common-
wealth BY the city of WORCESTER OF ANY LAND HELD
BY IT, AS A SITE FOR A NEW STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BUILD-
ING AND RELATIVE TO THE DRAWING OF PLANS FOR SUCH
BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
City of Worces-
ter may convey
to common-
site for a new
state normal
school.
Plans, etc.
The city of Worcester is hereby authorized to convey to
the commonwealth, and the department of education, on
h^ by^it^as^a its bchalf , is hereby authorized to accept as a gift, land of
said city held by it for any purpose whatsoever, of sufficient
area, of convenient location, and of general availability, for
the erection of a new normal school building. Said de-
partment, in co-operation with the commission on adminis-
tration and finance, may, under the direction of the governor,
employ an architect and cause plans to be drawn for such
building, and for said purpose may expend such sum, not
exceeding twelve thousand dollars, as may hereafter be ap-
propriated. Approved April 17, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 235, 236. 243
An Act relative to the granting of accidental death (jj^^^jj 235
AND total and PERMANENT DISABILITY BENEFITS BY ^'
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General 2j^J;-j^J|' ^ ^*'
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-four
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 34- ^o°^"fni°s'^|
Any life company, whether or not it is authorized to transact provide for
accident and health insurance under clause sixth of section d°e^fh be^'rlefits.
forty-seven, may provide in its policies of life, group life or If'^^^^^^^^^^^^
endowment insurance, issued in compliance with this chap- etc., in case of
ter, for the payment of an accidental death benefit con- ^anent di^"'
sisting of a larger amount if death is caused by accident than ability, etc.
if it results from other causes, and may incorporate therein
or in its annuity or pure endowment contracts, issued in
like compliance, provisions for the waiver of premiums or
for the granting of special benefits in the event that the
insured, or either of them, or the holder, as the case may be,
becomes totally and permanently disabled from any cause.
Such provisions shall state the special benefits to be granted
thereunder, the cost thereof to the insured or to the holder
and shall define what shall constitute total and permanent
disability. The consideration for any benefits granted
under this section shall be stated separately in the policy
or contract.
Any such company may, in conjunction with and sup- issue of sepa-
plementary to any policy of life, group life or endowment ^ate policies,
insurance or annuity or pure endowment contract, issue a
separate policy providing solely for any or all of the benefits
permitted by this section. No such separate policy shall be Approval of
issued or delivered in the commonwealth until a copy of the [^[^io^ifer,°^c.
form thereof has been on file for thirty days with the com-
missioner, unless before the expiration of said thirty days
he shall have approved the form of the policy in writing; nor
if the commissioner notifies the company in writing, within
said thirty days, that in his opinion the form of the policy
does not comply with the laws of the commonwealth, speci-
fying his reasons therefor; provided that such action of the Proviso,
commissioner shall be subject to review by the supreme
judicial court.
The provisions of section one hundred and eight shall not f ^los'not''^ °^
apply to any policy of life, group life or endowment insur- applicable to
^^ -^ ./.t-./ jor- certain policies,
ance or annuity or pure endowment contract or separate etc.
policy or contract providing for any or all of the benefits
permitted by this section. Approved April 17, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of concord to borrow QJiav 236
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing additional conc'J)"] may
school building accommodations by erecting a new building, borrow money
244
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 237, 238.
for school
purposes.
and/or by adding to existing school buildings so as to increase
the floor space thereof, and for the purpose of originally
equipping and furnishing such new building and/or addi-
tions, the town of Concord may borrow from time to time,
within a period of two years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, three hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Concordjchooi Coucord School Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue
1929. ' shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid
in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue
shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an
amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue
is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy
of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in
the first paragraph of section seven thereof as revised by
chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 18, 1929.
Chap. 237 An Act authorizing the city of north adams to abate
CERTAIN PAVING ASSESSMENTS.
City of North
Adams may
abate certain
paving asse.ss-
ments.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of North Adams may abate all
assessments made under authority of chapter seventy-five
of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven for the
paving of West Main and Eagle streets in said city, and the
city treasurer of said city is hereby authorized to refund all
of said assessments which have been paid.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 18, 1929.
Chap.
238 An Act extending the definition of "dealer" as
affecting the registration of motor vehicles, and
relative to the licensing of second hand dealers
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. 90, § 5,
etc., amended.
THEREIN.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in
part, defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section five of chapter ninety of the General
Laws, as amended by section two of chapter three hundred
and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
by section two of chapter four hundred and sixty-four of the
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 238. 245
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three and by section
four of chapter three hundred and sixteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end thereof the following : — The word
"dealer", for the purposes of the registration of motor
vehicles or trailers under any provision of this chapter, may
include, in the discretion of the registrar, a person whose
principal business is financing the purchase of or insuring
motor vehicles, but only in respect to such vehicles as such
person may take in possession by foreclosure or subrogation
of title and all the provisions of this chapter relating to
certificates of registration of dealers shall apply to certificates
issued to such a person under this provision, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 5. Every manufacturer of or Registration of
dealer in motor vehicles or trailers or motor vehicle bodies !^c.*°by mLnu^.'
or tops and every person engaged in the business of repairing [f^^^^f •* °^ °'^
motor vehicles or trailers, instead of registering each such tor vehicles,
vehicle owned or controlled by him, may make application vehide'b"^dfM
for a general distinguishing number or mark, and the regis- fj'"^^ofor'\"^
trar, if satisfied of the facts stated in the application, may hide repairers.
issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing
the name and business address of the applicant and the
general distinguishing number or mark assigned to him,
and made in such form and containing such further infor-
mation as the registrar may determine; and all motor ve-
hicles or trailers owned or controlled by such manufacturer
of or dealer in motor vehicles or trailers or motor vehicle
bodies or tops, or by such person engaged in the business of
repairing motor vehicles or trailers, shall be regarded as
registered under such general distinguishing number or mark
until sold or let for hire or loaned for a period of five suc-
cessive days; provided, that number plates furnished as Proviso.
hereinafter provided are properly displayed thereon. The Number plates.
registrar shall, upon payment of the fee provided in section manufaTturera,
thirty-three, furnish at his office to every manufacturer of ^leaiers, etc.
or dealer in motor vehicles or trailers or motor vehicle bodies
or tops, and to every person engaged in the business of re-
pairing motor vehicles or trailers, whose vehicles are regis-
tered in accordance with this section, such number of pairs
of number plates as he may request in writing of suitable
design having displayed upon them the register number
which is assigned to the vehicles of such manufacturer,
dealer or person, with a different letter or letters or mark on
each pair of number plates. Number plates furnished here- Duration of
under shall, except as provided by section nine, be valid ^■'''"^'''y-
only for the year for which they are issued. Every regis- Expiration of
tration under this section shall expire at midnight on De- registration.
cember thirty-first of each year. The word "dealer", for Definition of ^^
the purposes of the registration of motor vehicles or trailers TxTended^'''^'^"
under any provision of this chapter, may include, in the dis-
cretion of the registrar, a person whose principal business is
financing the purchase of or insuring motor vehicles, but
only in respect to such vehicles as such person may take in
246
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 239.
G. L. 140, § 57,
amended.
License
required to sell,
etc., second
hand motor
vehicles except
in certain cases.
possession by foreclosure or subrogation of title and all the
provisions of this chapter relating to certificates of regis-
tration of dealers shall apply to certificates issued to such a
person under this provision.
Section 2. Section fifty-seven of chapter one hundred
and forty of the General Laws is hereby amended by insert-
ing after the word "vehicles" in the third line, the words: — ,
or a person whose principal business is financing the pur-
chase of or insuring motor vehicles but who incidentally ac-
quires and sells second hand vehicles, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 57. No person, except one whose prin-
cipal business is the manufacture and sale of new motor
vehicles but who incidentally acquires and sells second hand
vehicles, or a person whose principal business is financing the
purchase of or insuring motor vehicles but who incidentally
acquires and sells second hand vehicles, shall engage in the
business of buying, selling, exchanging or assembling second
hand motor vehicles or parts thereof without securing a license
as provided in section fifty-nine.
Approved April 18, 1929.
Chap. 239 An Act authorizing the city of boston to borrow money
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A SEWER OR SEWERS
FOR REMEDYING UNSANITARY CONDITIONS IN AND ABOUT
SAVIN HILL BAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a sewer or
sewers for remedying unsanitary conditions in and about
that part of Dorchester Bay known as Savin Hill Bay, the
city of Boston may borrow outside the statutory limit of
indebtedness from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as maj^ be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words. Savin Hill Bay
Sewer Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in
not more than twenty years from their dates, but no loan
shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to ten
per cent of the loan so authorized is voted for the same pur-
pose, to be provided from taxes or other sources of revenue.
Any sum to be raised by taxation shall be outside the tax
limit as fixed for the city in the year in which the loan is
authorized. Except as herein provided, indebtedness in-
curred under this act shall be subject to the laws relative to
the incurring of debt by said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by vote of the city council of
said city, subject to the provisions of its charter.
Approved April 18, 1929.
City of Boston
may borrow
money for
purpose of
constructing a
sewer or sewers
for remedying
unsanitary con-
ditions in and
about Savin
Hill Bay.
Savin Hill Bay
Sewer Loan,
Act of 1929.
Submission to
city council,
etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 240, 241. 247
An Act relative to the property-holding powers of (Jhnjj 240
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF EASTHAMPTON AND ^'
to MUNICIPAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF
ITS LIBRARY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fifty-seven of the isea, 157, §2,
acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine is hereby amended '^™'^"'i«<i-
by striking out section two and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 2. Said corporation shall have au- Public Library
thority to hold, for the purposes aforesaid, real and personal Ealthampton^,
estate to the amount permitted by general law. "^on '?"'tT'^'
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-seven is ^^^^ ^^^ "^
hereby further amended by striking out section four and amended,
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 4- So Town may
long as said corporation shall allow the inhabitants of the nfJ'n°^^for®
town of Easthampton free access to its library at reasonable maintenance
hours, for the purpose of using the same on the premises, said ° ' '^^^^'
town may appropriate money for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of maintaining said library.
Section 3. The amount of property which the Public Amount of
Library Association of Easthampton is authorized to hold pu°posMoTa
for the purposes of a museum under section one of chapter "^"^eum, etc.
two hundred and four of the acts of eighteen hundred and
seventy-one shall be in addition to the amount of property
which said association may hold for the purposes expressly
set forth in section one of chapter one hundred and fifty-
seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.
Approved April 18, 1929.
An Act authorizing the county of hampden to pro- Chap. 24:1
VIDE adequate court HOUSE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE
DISTRICT COURT OF SPRINGFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing court house Hampden
accommodations and facilities in the city of Springfield for takriandretc,
the district court of Springfield, the county commissioners of cou''rt°hiuL
Hampden county may take by eminent domain under accommoda-
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by district court
purchase, such land as may be necessary, and may erect °^ Springfield.
on land so acquired a suitable building for the purposes afore-
said and may equip and furnish the same; provided, that ^'"^i^"-
no land shall be acquired by purchase hereunder at an ex-
pense exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the treasurer of moLy^'issue
said county, with the approval of the county commissioners, not^^- etc-
may borrow from time to time, on the credit of the county,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, /our hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Hampden County-Springfield District Hampden
* " County-Spring-
248
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 242, 243.
field Distriot
Court House
Loan, Act of
1929.
Submission to
county com-
missioners, etc.
Court House Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable
in not more than twenty years from their dates. Such bonds
or notes shall be signed by the treasurer of the county and
countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners.
The county may sell the said securities at public or private
sale upon such terms and conditions as the county commis-
sioners may deem proper, but not for less than their par
value. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the
General Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by the county commissioners of said
county, but not otherwise. Approved April 18, 1929.
Chap. 242 An Act relative to the fees of physicians appearing
BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS ON
BEHALF OF INJURED EMPLOYEES IN CERTAIN CASES.
G. L. 152. new
section after § 9.
Fees of physi-
cians appearing
before depart-
ment of indiLS-
trial accidents
on behalf of
injured em-
ployees in
certain cases.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section nine the follow-
ing new section : — Section 9 A . Whenever a medical ques-
tion is in dispute in any case, and an impartial physician
has not, prior to seven days before the date assigned for
hearing thereon, been appointed by the department or a
member thereof, the employee may engage his own physician
to appear and testify in his behalf and, if the decision of the
single member or of the department is in favor of the em-
ployee, a reasonable fee shall be allowed by the member or
by the department for such physician's services and shall be
added to the amount awarded to the employee and be paid
by the insurer under the provisions of this chapter.
Approved April 18, 1929.
Chap. 24:^ An Act relative to foreign banking associations and
CORPORATIONS ACTING AS FIDUCIARIES IN THIS COMMON-
WEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section forty-five A of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven
of the General Laws, inserted by section one of chapter one
hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby amended by striking out, in the
eighteenth and nineteenth lines, the words "and the ac-
tivities of itself", — so as to read as follows: — Section 45 A.
The board of bank incorporation may, subject to such con-
ditions as the commissioner may prescribe, grant to a bank-
ing association or corporation whose principal office is in
another state, a certificate authorizing it to act in a fiduciary
capacity under the provisions, so far as applicable, of sec-
tions fifty-two to fifty-nine, inclusive, of chapter one hun-
G. L. 167,
§ 45A,
amended.
Banking asso-
ciation or
corporation
having princi-
pal office in
another state
may act as
fiduciary in
this state.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 244. 249
dred and seventy-two; provided, that said association or Provisos.
corporation is authorized so to act by the laws of the state
where its principal office is located; and provided further,
that the laws of such state grant a similar privilege or privi-
leges to like associations or corporations having their prin-
cipal office in this commonwealth. Any such banking as- Subject to
sociation or corporation holding a certificate as aforesaid prwislonsof
and appointed a fiduciary shall be subject to the provisions 1^^*^™' •'*^'
of general law with respect to the appointment of agents by
foreign fiduciaries and to the same taxes, obligations and
penalties, with respect to its activities as such fiduciary and
the property held by it in its fiduciary capacity, as like
associations or corporations having their principal office in
this commonwealth, and no such certificate shall be issued ^^fsInToUer-
to any such banking association or corporation until it has tificate, etc.
filed with the said board of bank incorporation an agreement
in writing in which it binds itself to perform said obligations
and pay any such taxes and penalties as aforesaid as may
be levied or imposed upon it in this commonwealth. Such
a corporation or association, to the extent only that it acts
as fiduciary as hereinbefore authorized, shall not be deemed
to transact business in the commonwealth for the purposes
of sections thirty-seven to forty-five, inclusive.
Approved April 18, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of stoneham to borrow Chav. 24:4:
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and/or Town of
constructing a school building and originally equipping and borrow'^moMT
furnishing the same, the town of Stoneham may borrow f°J^^Qg°°'
from time to time, within a period of five years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Stoneham School Loan, Act of 1929. Ih'^^^i^an.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Act of 1929. '
such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from
their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act
unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent
of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be
raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be sub-
ject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of
the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof as revised by chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 18, 1929.
250
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 245, 246, 247.
Chap. 24^5 An Act reviving the a b c puzzle advertising company.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The ABC Puzzle Advertising Company, a
corporation dissolved by chapter two hundred and seventy-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is
hereby revived with the same powers, duties and obhgations
as if said chapter had not been passed.
Section 2. This act shall be operative as of March
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twentj^-eight.
Approved April 20, 1929.
ABC Puzzle
Advertising
Company
revived.
When
operative
C/iap.246 An Act relative to practice and procedure under
THE workmen's COMPENSATION LAW.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. 152, § 12,
amended.
Subsequent
finding by
board that
employee's
incapacity has
ceased not to
be considered
final, etc.
Further
hearings, etc.
Proviso.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in
part, defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twelve of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of
the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new paragraph : —
When in any case before the board there appears of record
a finding that the employee is entitled to compensation, no
subsequent finding by the board or by a member thereof
discontinuing compensation on the ground that the em-
ployee's incapacity has ceased shall be considered final as
a matter of fact or res judicata as a matter of law, and
such employee or his dependents, in the event of his death,
may have further hearings as to whether his incapacity or
death is or was the result of the injuries for which he re-
ceived compensation; provided, that if the board shall de-
termine that the petition for such a rehearing is without
merit and frivolous, the employee or his dependents shall
not thereafter be entitled to file any subsequent petition
therefor except for cause shown and in the discretion of the
member to whom such subsequent petition may be re-
ferred, and that, in the event of the death of the employee,
such a petition for a rehearing shall be filed within three
months from the time of his decease and within one year
from the date of the finding terminating his compensation.
Approved April 22, 1929.
Chap. 247 An Act authorizing the city of north adams to pur-
chase CERTAIN LANDS IN THE TOWN OF CLARKSBURG FOR
RIFLE RANGE PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
AdJn^s may*^*" SECTION 1. The city of Noi'th Adams may purchase the
purchase cer- following parccls of land in the town of Clarksburg for the
townofciarks- purposc of providing and maintaining a range for small
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 248. 251
arms practice required by section thirty-seven of chapter burg for rifle
thirty-three of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter '"^"^^ p^^^posea.
four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twentj^-f our : —
(1) A certain parcel of land located in the town of Clarks-
burg on the easterly side of Middle road, so-called, and
bounded as follows: — northerly by lands of Grant, Dal-
rymple and Callahan ; easterly by land of Bishop ; southerly
by lands of Oaks and Hosley; and westerly by said Middle
road; being the premises conveyed to Effie B. Keating by
deed dated August twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and
nineteen, and recorded with Northern Berkshire registry of
deeds, book three hundred and forty-six, page two hundred
and eighty-one, and
(2) A certain parcel of land located in the town of Clarks-
burg on the westerly side of Middle road, so-called, and
bounded as follows: — northerly by lands of Fuller and
Horrigan; easterly by said Middle road; southerly by lands
of Pratt and Wood; and westerly by lands of Millard; being
the premises conveyed to said Effie B. Keating by deed
dated January nineteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, and recorded with Northern Berkshire registry of deeds,
book three hundred and sixty, page two hundred and nine.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ^j"^™^^^^" -, *°
ance during the current year by vote of the city council of etc.
said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved April 22, 1929.
An Act relative to the reconstruction of parts of QJidy 248
CENTRE AND ST. ANN STREETS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. ^
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of street commissioners of the Reconstruction
city of Boston may, with the approval of the mayor of said centr* street in
city, lay out, widen, extend, relocate and reconstruct Centre c'ty of isoston.
street in said city from a point at or near May street to a
point at or near Weld street, to a width of not less than one
hundred feet, and, from said last mentioned point to a point
at or near South street, to a width of not less than eighty
feet.
After such construction, said Centre street so recon- To be under
structed from a point at or near said May street to a point of p'lr'k°com-'^'^
at or near said South street shall be under the charge of the "'rk^r'^^tc ^
board of park commissioners of said city as a parkway, and
said last mentioned board shall have the charge and con-
trol of such parkway as if the same had been placed in its
charge under section four of chapter forty-five of the Gen-
eral Laws.
Section 2. The board of street commissioners of said ^f^part oT*'*"'"
city may, with the approval of the mayor of said city, lay st Ann street
out, widen, extend, relocate and reconstruct to a width of Boston°etc.
not less than seventy feet, St. Ann street, from a point at or
near Asticou road, thence over existing ways and public and
252
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 248.
Performance of
work, and
awarding of
damages, etc.,
to be made in
accordance with
certain provi-
sions of law.
City of Boston
may borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc., to
meet expense
authorized by
§1.
City of Boston,
Centre Street
Improvement
Loan, Act of
1929.
May borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.,
to meet expense
authorized
by § 2.
City of Boston,
St. Ann Street
Extension
Loan, Act of
1929.
Submission to
city council,
etc.
private lands and approximately parallel with the location
of the West Roxbury branch of the Boston and Providence
railroad to a point about opposite a point in said location
about one thousand feet distant northeasterly from its
crossing at South street, thence over or under said location,
and thence over existing ways and public and private lands
to a point at or near said South street in the vicinity of
Roslindale square, and said board of street commissioners
may, with like approval, alter, relocate and discontinue
such existing public ways or portions thereof, if any, as may
"be necessary in connection therewith.
Section 3. The work authorized by sections one and
two shall be performed, and the awarding of damages and
the assessment of betterments therefor shall be made, in
accordance with chapter three hundred and ninety-three of
the acts of nineteen hundred and six, as amended by chapter
five hundred and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirteen, and by chapters seventy-nine and eighty of
the General Laws.
Section 4. For the purpose of meeting the expense of
the work authorized by section one of this act, the city of
Boston may borrow, outside the statutory limit of indebted-
ness, from time to time within a period of five years from
the effective date of this act, such sums as may be neces-
sary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one million one hun-
dred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes there-
for, which shall bear on their face the words. City of Boston,
Centre Street Improvement Loan, Act of 1929. For the
purpose of meeting the expense of the work authorized under
section two, said city may borrow, outside the statutory
limit of indebtedness, from time to time within a period
of five years from the effective date of this act, such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, five
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, City of
Boston, St. Ann Street Extension Loan, Act of 1929. Each
authorized issue under this section shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than ten
years from their dates, but no loan shall be authorized under
this section unless a sum equal to ten per cent of the loan
so authorized is voted for the same purpose to be provided
from taxes or other sources of revenue. Any sum to be so
raised by taxation shall be outside the tax limit as fixed for
the city in the year in which the loan is authorized. Except
as herein provided, indebtedness incurred hereunder shall
be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by
said city.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by vote of the city council of said
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. A-pproved April 22, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 249, 250. 253
An Act authorizing the city of fall river to transfer QfiQj) 249
CERTAIN UNEXPENDED LOAN BALANCES FOR USE FOR OTHER
MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Fall River is hereby authorized R-v^may"
to transfer the whole or any part of the unexpended balance transfer certain
of the Harbor Improvement Loan issued under date of De- w^baLnces
cember first, nineteen hundred and sixteen under authority o'^i'^gr^^'^^nici-
of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine of the General pai purposes.
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, and of a loan for im-
provements in and along Quequechan river issued under
date of November first, nineteen hundred and twenty under
authority of chapter three hundred and eleven of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, to any other account
established for purposes for which a loan may be author-
ized for an equal or longer period of time; provided, that P''°^'«°-
no transfer of the whole or any part of the unexpended
balance of either such loan shall be voted by said city until
a vote has been passed to abandon the completion of the
improvements for which said loan was authorized.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 24, 1929.
An Act authorizing the county commissioners of the (Jjidj) 250
COUNTY of BRISTOL TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ACCOMMODA-
TIONS FOR THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS FOR THE FALL RIVER
DISTRICT OF SAID COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing adequate county com-
accommodations for the registry of deeds for the Fall River Brfs^torcounty
district of the county of Bristol, in the city of Fall River, the ["jjy fo^^'u®-'"'
county commissioners of said county may take by eminent pose of provid-
domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or accommoda-^
acquire by purchase or otherwise, such land or interests of°deidIfo?'Fan
therein as may be necessary for such purpose, may erect on River district,
such land, or on land already owned by said county, a suit- "*''■
able fireproof building or an addition to buildings already
owned by said county, and shall suitably furnish and equip
the same.
Section 2. For the purpose of meeting expenses to be May borrow
incurred under authority of section one, including any land bonds!'ete."^
damages, said county commissioners may from time to time
borrow upon the credit of said county such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three hundred
thousand dollars, and shall issue bonds or notes of the county
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Bristol Regisl'ry of"*^
County Registry of Deeds (Fall River district) Loan, Act Deeds (Fau
of 1929. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate LoIn^Actof
loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than ^^■^-
254
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 251.
Effective upon
acceptance, etc.
twenty years from their dates. Such bonds or notes shall
be signed by the treasurer of the county and countersigned
by the county commissioners. The county may sell such
securities at public or private sale upon such terms and con-
ditions as the county commissioners may deem proper, but
not for less than their par value. Indebtedness incurred
hereunder shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners
of said county, but not otherwise.
Approved April 24, 1929.
Chap. 251 An Act providing for additions at the essex county
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL.
County com-
missioners of
Essex county
may expend a
certain sum for
construction of
additions to
Essex county
tuberculosis
hospital.
County treas-
urer may
borrow money,
issue notes, etc.
County com-
missioners to
file detailed,
certified state-
ment of cost
and expenses.
Assessment,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Subject to the approval of the department
of public health, the county commissioners of Essex county,
acting as trustees of the Essex county tuberculosis hospital
district, may expend a sum not exceeding two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing and of
originally furnishing and equipping additions to the Essex
county tuberculosis hospital in order to accommodate addi-
tional patients and employees.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the treasurer of
said county, with the approval of the said county commis-
sioners, may borrow by a temporary loan or loans, on the
credit of the county, such sums, not exceeding said amount,
as may from time to time be required to meet costs and ex-
penditures incurred under this act, including interest, and
may issue notes of the county therefor, which notes may be
discounted, such discount to be treated as interest paid in
advance. Said notes may be sold at public or private sale
as said county treasurer and commissioners may deem proper
and may be renewed from time to time for such periods as
may be necessary. All money so borrowed shall be de-
posited in the county treasury, and the county treasurer shall
pay out the same as ordered by the county commissioners
and shall keep a separate account of all moneys so borrowed
and expended.
Section 3. From time to time and upon the completion
of the work herein provided for, said county commissioners
shall file in the office of the clerk of the courts for said
county a detailed statement, certified under their hands, of
the actual cost and expenses incurred in doing the said work,
and shall assess said cost and expenses upon the cities and
towns of said county constituting the said hospital district,
in accordance with section eighty-three of chapter one hun-
dred and eleven of the General Laws, and such cities and
towns may provide for the payment of said assessments by
direct taxation or by borrowing as authorized by said chapter
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 252, 253. 255
one hundred and eleven for paying assessments levied for the
construction of tuberculosis hospitals. The proceeds of such
assessments shall be applied to the payment of the tempo-
rary loans under section two.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance, Effective upon
during the current year, by the county commissioners of the ^'^''^^ ^°*^^'
county of Essex, but not otherwise.
Approved April 24, 1929.
An Act providing for the periodic inspection of motor Chap. 252
VEHICLES, MOTOR CYCLES AND TRAILERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety of the General Laws is hereby amended neJ'g^tion
by inserting after section seven the following new section: — after § 7.
Section 7 A. The registrar shall include in the rules and ^^'n'°of^o"tT°'
regulations prepared by him under section thirty-one, rules vehicles, motor
and regulations providing for the periodic inspection of all trailers'"
motor vehicles and trailers, for the purpose of determining
whether they are properly equipped and maintained in good
working order, as required by the preceding section.
Approved April 24, 1929.
An Act relative to the salary and qualifications of Chav. 253
THE director OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section nine of chapter twenty-one of the g.l. 21, §9,
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word '^"^^^ ^
"shall" in the fourth line the words: — be qualified by train-
ing and experience to perform the duties of his office, and
shall, — and by striking out, in the fifth line, the words "a
salary of thirty-five hundred dollars" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — such salary, not exceeding four thou-
sand dollars, as the governor and council determine, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 9. Upon the expiration of the Director of
, r m c !• J c -I'l,!- animal indus-
term 01 office 01 a director 01 animal industry, his successor try. quaiifica-
shall, except as provided by section three, be appointed for tions. salary,
three years by the governor, with the advice and consent of
the council. The director shall be qualified by training
and experience to perform the duties of his office, and shall,
except as provided by section three, receive such salary, not
exceeding four thousand dollars, as the governor and council
determine, and shall be allowed his necessary expenses paid
or incurred in the performance of his official duties.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an appro- "^'^^^^^
priation has been made sufficient to cover the same, and then ^ *"^ ^ ^° '
as of June first of the current year.
Approved April 25, 1929.
256
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 254, 255.
G. L. 218. § 10.
etc., amended.
District courts,
assistant clerks,
appointment,
etc.
Chap. 254: An Act establishing the office of second assistant
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF EAST NORFOLK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the
General Laws, as most recently amended in section ten by
section one of chapter ninety-five of the acts of the current
year, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
ten and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section
10. The clerk of a district court may, subject to the ap-
proval of the justice, appoint one or more assistant clerks,
who shall be removable at his pleasure or at the pleasure of
the court, for whose official acts the clerk shall be responsible
and who shall be paid by him unless salaries payable by the
county are authorized in this section or in section fifty-three.
Assistant clerks with salaries payable by the county may be
appointed in the central district court of northern Essex, the
municipal court of the Charlestown district, the municipal
court of the Brighton district, the district court of western
Hampden, the district court of Newton, the district court of
northern Norfolk and in courts the judicial districts of which
have, according to the national or state census last preceding,
a population of sixty thousand or more. Second assistant
clerks with salaries payable by the county may be appointed
in the municipal court of the Roxbury district, the East
Boston district court, the municipal court of the Charlestown
district, the municipal court of the West Roxbury district,
and, subject to the approval of the county commissioners,
in the first district court of eastern Middlesex, the third
district court of eastern Middlesex, the district court of
southern Essex, the third district court of Bristol and the
district court of East Norfolk.
Third assistant clerks with salaries payable by the county
may be appointed in the municipal court of the Roxbury
district and, subject to the approval of the county com-
missioners, in the first district court of eastern Middlesex
and the third district court of eastern Middlesex.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners of
the county of Norfolk. Approved April 25, 1929.
Second assist-
ant clerks,
appointment,
etc.
Third assistant
clerks, appoint-
ment, etc.
Submission to
Norfolk county
commissioners,
etc.
Chap. 255 An Act authorizing the city of everett to establish
AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL AND TO ACQUIRE LAND
therefor by PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE.
City of Everett
may establish
and maintain
a public hos-
pital, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Everett may establish and main-
tain a public hospital for the use of the inhabitants of said
city, and others admitted thereto, who may require medical
or surgical treatment, and may appropriate money for ac-
quiring land and erecting buildings therefor, for originally
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 256. 257
furnishing and equipping the same and for the maintenance
of said hospital. Said city may enter into arrangements
with the Everett Cottage Hospital Association Lessees of
the Whidden Memorial Hospital located in said city for the
use of said public hospital.
Section 2. For the purpose of providing money for the May borrow
purpose of acquiring land, erecting buildings and originally boTcfs^'efc"^
furnishing and equipping the same as aforesaid, said city may
borrow from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Everett Hospital tolLoanf Act''
Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall constitute of 1929.
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be
authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be outside the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the first para-
graph of section seven thereof as revised by chapter three
hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight. Appi'oved April 25, 1929.
An Act relative to appropriations for construction C}iaT>.25Q
AND certain other PURPOSES BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The school committee of the city of Boston Appropriations
may, by vote of four fifths of all its members, taken by yeas mHtee°o"/c'it^'
and nays, make appropriations by items, for the construe- "f Boston for
•^' ,, ^ , ' CO II s t r uc 1 1 o II
tion and furnishing of new school buildings, both temporary and certain
and permanent, including the taking of land therefor, and ot^er purposes.
for school yards, and the preparing of school yards for use,
and for the rent of hired school accommodations, which
items may be sub-divided as the committee may determine,
for the financial year ending December thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, of not more than three million
five hundred thousand dollars in lieu of the amount author-
ized by item (6) of section one of chapter two hundred and
six of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen,
as most recently amended by section one of chapter three
hundred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, and there shall be raised by taxation, in addition
to other sums required by law to be raised for appropriations
of previous years for such purposes, such portion of said
amount or amounts appropriated for the year ending De-
cember thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine as
258 Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 257, 25S.
may be determined by the school committee on or before
August first of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine,
and certified by the school committee to the board of as-
sessors on or before the fifth day of August in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-nine, and the balance of the amount
appropriated for the year ending December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, shall be raised by tax-
ation during the financial year ending December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and thirty.
Increase in Section 2. The limit of the amount of taxes that may
limit of amount , . •i'ct-> -ii-
of taxes to be be asscsscd ou property m the city of Boston is hereby m-
prcfperty°i^ crcascd in the years nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and
mo^^etc^^ ^"'^ nineteen hundred and thirty by such an amount on each one
thousand dollars of the valuation upon which the appropri-
ations of the city council of said city are based, as may be
necessary to raise sufficient money to meet the provisions
of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 26, 1929.
Chap. 2^1 An Act abolishing betterments in connection with the
CONSTRUCTION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF
A CERTAIN TRAFFIC ARTERY IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
pr'L^mbfe''^ Whcveas, The deferred operation of this act would in part
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folhws:
1928, 366, § 2, Chapter three hundred and sixty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight is hereby amended by strik-
ing out section two and inserting in place thereof the follow-
Snc^voTks"^ ^^^' — Section 2. The department may, on behalf of the
may take, etc., commonwcalth, take under chapter seventy-nine of the
privateTands General Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, such
oTcerCifn"*'*'"" Public or private lands, including public parks or rights
traffic artery therein, as it may deem necessary for carrying out the pro-
Cam*bridge. visious of this act, provided that no damage shall be paid
Proviso. for public lands or parks so taken.
Approved April 26, 1929.
Chap. 258 An Act relative to cases of desertion or non-support.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^c.'^ameAded. SECTION 1. Scctiou One of chapter two hundred and
seventy-three of the General Laws, as amended by chapter
one hundred and twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by adding at
fvidlnce of the end thereof the following new sentence : — In a prosecu-
Hvea"'irt'from ^^^^ hereunder for desertion or non-support against a hus-
husband, etc., band, a dccrec or judgment of a probate court in a proceed-
deswdon or ii^g i^ which the husband appeared or was personally served
non-support.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 259. 259
with process, establishing the right of the wife to Hve apart,
or of her freedom to convey and deal with her property,
or the right to the custody of the children, shall be admissible
and shall be prima facie evidence of such right.
Section 2. This act shall become operative on September when
first of the current year. Approved April 26, 1929. °P^^«t'^«-
An Act to authorize the town op saugus to connect Phn^ 259
THE MAIN SEWER OR FORCE MAIN CARRYING THE SEWAGE ^'
OF THAT TOWN WITH THE SEWERAGE OR SEWAGE DISPOSAL
SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF LYNN,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Saugus may connect its main Town of
sewer or force main with the west side intercepting sewer connect ThY
of the city of Lynn or with the sewage pumping station of main sewer or
said city; provided, that an agreement to this effect shall carryi^n^sew-
be made by the city and town acting through the board or to® n^^vith*
officer having charge of the sewers in the city of Lynn and sewerage or
the board of selectmen in the town of Saugus or the board or sjXm of Sty'
officer having charge of sewers in said town in case the con- °^ ^^"'^•
struction and operation of sewers in said town shall, sub- Proviso,
sequent to the effective date of this act, be delegated to such
board or officer and approved by the mayor and city council
of said city and by said town. The agreement shall state Terms and
the terms and conditions upon which the said connection conditions of
is to be made and shall be recorded by the city clerk in the etc.
city of Lynn and the town clerk in the town of Saugus in
the records of their respective municipalities. The agree-
ment shall provide for the payment by the town of Saugus
to the city of Lynn of a stated sum at the time when the
connection is made and also for a yearly payment toward the
maintenance and operation of said pumping station and
outfall works beginning in the year in which the connection
is made. In case the main sewer or force main of the town
of Saugus, instead of being connected with the sewerage
system of the city of Lynn at the sewage pumping station
of said city, should be connected with the west side inter-
cepting sewer of said city, said town of Saugus shall pay in
addition a yearly rental for the use of said sewer beginning
in the year in which the connection is made upon such terms
as may be mutually agreed upon. Such payment by the
town of Saugus toward the maintenance and operation of the
pumping station and outfall works of the city of Lynn for
the disposal of sewage of the town of Saugus may be based
upon the relative quantity of sewage contributed to said
pumping station by each municipality. The agreement shall
also state the terms, conditions and regulations in accord-
ance with which the sewage of the town of Saugus may be
discharged into the sewerage system of the city of Lynn.
Section 2. No connection shall be made under this act Approval of
with the sewerage system of the city of Lynn until plans departmen*fof
showing such proposed connection and the territory within public health.
260
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 260, 261.
Plans to be
filed, etc.
the town of Saugus to which said system is to be extended
have been submitted to the state department of pubhc
health and approved by said department. Such plans shall
also be filed in the office of the town clerk of the town of
Saugus and in the office of the city clerk of the city of Lynn.
Approved April 26, 1929.
C hap. 2Q0 An Act authorizing the sale of certain land held by
THE COMMONWEALTH IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD FOR
MILITARY PURPOSES AND NO LONGER NEEDED THEREFOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Common-
wealth may sell
certain land
Section 1. The armory commissioners and the com-
mission on administration and finance, acting as a joint
Springfield held board, ai'c hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the
governor, to sell and convey the property owned by the
commonwealth in the city of Springfield which was acquired
as the site for an armory for the naval militia and which is
no longer needed for such purpose.
Section 2. Such land shall be sold only after the in-
tention to sell is advertised once in each of three successive
weeks preceding the date of such proposed sale, in a news-
paper published in the city of Springfield, and only after the
receipt of sealed bids opened in public. Such land shall be
conveyed upon payment to the state treasurer of the pur-
chase price, and there shall be included in the deed a state-
ment that the provisions of this act have been complied with.
Approved April 26, 1929.
for military
purposes, etc
Sale to be ad-
vertised, etc.
Chav.2Q\ An Act relative to conditional sales of portable or
SECTIONAL BUILDINGS, SO-CALLED.
G. L. 181,
amended.
Conditional
■sales of fixtures,
portable or
sectional build-
ings, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section thirteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-four
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "ranges" in the second line the following: — ,
buildings of wood or metal construction of the class com-
monly known as portable or sectional buildings, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 13. No conditional sale of heat-
ing apparatus, plumbing goods, ranges, buildings of wood or
metal construction of the class commonly known as portable
or sectional buildings, or other articles of personal property,
which are afterward wrought into or attached to real estate,
whether they are fixtures at common law or not, shall be
valid as against any mortgagee, purchaser or grantee of
such real estate, unless not later than ten days after the
delivery thereon of such personal property a notice such as
is herein prescribed is recorded in the registry of deeds for
the county or district where the real estate lies. The notice
shall be signed by the vendor or a person claiming under him
and shall contain the names of the contracting parties, the
name of the record owner of the real estate at the time of
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 262. 261
recording the notice, the fact that it is agreed that title to such
personal property shall remain in the vendor until the pur-
chase price is paid, the terms of payment and the amount of
such purchase price remaining unpaid, and descriptions, suf-
ficiently accurate for identification, of such real estate and
the personal property delivered or to be delivered thereon.
If the sale is of several articles for a lump sum greater than
the value of the personal property delivered or to be de-
livered on the real estate, the notice shall also state such
lump sum and such value. The notice shall be indexed
under the name of such record owner, and a release of title
in any such article of personal property may be recorded at
any time. Approved April 26, 1929.
An Act relative to the operation of motor vehicles C'/iai).262
BY certain non-residents.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety of the General Laws, as amended in section g. l. 90, 5 lo,
ten by section four of chapter four hundred and sixty-four ^^^" ^™^° ^
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section ten and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 10. No person Unlicensed
shall operate a motor vehicle upon any way unless licensed operate m°otor
under this chapter, except as is otherwise herein provided; vehicles, except,
but this section shall not prevent the operation of motor
vehicles by unlicensed persons if riding with or accompanied
by a licensed operator, excepting only persons who have
been licensed and whose licenses are not in force because of
revocation or suspension, persons whose right to operate has
been suspended by the registrar, and persons less than six-
teen years of age; but such licensed operator shall be liable
for the violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any
regulation made in accordance herewith, committed by such
unlicensed operator; provided, that the examiners of opera- Proviso,
tors, in the employ of the registrar, when engaged in their
official duty, shall not be liable for the acts of any person
who is being examined. During the period within which a Operators of
motor vehicle of a non-resident may be operated on the ways J^^nCn-'^^^"''^^
of the commonwealth in accordance with section three, such residents.
vehicle may be operated by its owner or by his chauffeur or
employee without a license from the registrar if the operator
is duly licensed under the laws of the state or country in
which he resides, or has complied fully with its laws respect-
ing the licensing of operators of motor vehicles and has such
license or evidence of such compliance on his person or in
the vehicle in some easily accessible place; and a non-resi-
dent who holds a license to operate motor vehicles under
the laws of the state or country in which he resides, and has
the license on his person or in the vehicle in some easily
accessible place, may at any time operate, without a license
from the registrar, any type of motor vehicle which he is
licensed to operate under said license, irrespective of the
262
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 263.
Proviso.
Application
of section.
ownership of such vehicle, provided, that the laws relative
to registration are complied with and that, as finally de-
termined by the registrar, his state or country grants sub-
stantially similar privileges to residents of this commonwealth
and prescribes and enforces standards of fitness for operators
of motor vehicles substantially as high as those prescribed
and enforced by this commonwealth; but if any such non-
resident or his chauffeur or employee be convicted by any
court or trial justice of violating any provision of the laws of
the commonwealth relating to motor vehicles or to the
operation thereof, whether or not he appeals, he shall be
thereafter subject to and required to comply with all the
provisions of this chapter relating to the registration of motor
vehicles owned by residents of the commonwealth and the
licensing of the operators thereof. A record of the trial
shall be sent forthwith by the court or trial justice to the
registrar. This section shall apply to the operation of all
vehicles propelled by power other than muscular power,
except railroad and railway cars, road rollers, and motor
vehicles running only upon rails or tracks.
Approved April 26, 1929.
Chap.2Q3 -^^ ^^'^ establishing the boston traffic commission
AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.
Boston Traffic
Commission
establislied.
Commissioner
to be chairman.
Term, com-
pensation.
Associate
commissioners.
No com-
pensation.
May employ
engineers,
experts, etc.
City ordi-
nances ap-
plicable to
commission,
except, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the city of
Boston, hereinafter referred to as the city, a commission to
consist of a commissioner and four associate commissioners
and to be known as the Boston Traffic Commission, herein-
after referred to as the commission. The commissioner,
who shall be chairman of the commission, shall be appointed
by the mayor of the city, shall serve for a term of four years
and until the qualification of his successor, shall be subject
to the confirmation of the civil service commission under
chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and nine, as amended, shall receive such compen-
sation as shall be established by the mayor and city council
of the city, and may be removed by the mayor in accordance
with section fourteen of said chapter four hundred and eighty-
six. The police commissioner, commissioner of public works,
the chairman of the park commissioners and the chairman
of the board of street commissioners, all of the city, shall be,
ex officiis, the associate commissioners and shall receive no
compensation for their services as such associate commis-
sioners; but all the expenses of the commission incurred for
the purposes of this act shall be paid by the city. For said
purposes the commission may, subject to the approval of the
mayor and to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and
the rules and regulations made thereunder, employ engineers,
experts, assistants and other officers and employees. All
statutes and ordinances applicable generally to the depart-
ments of the city shall apply to the commission, except the
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 263. 263
provisions of section five of said chapter four hundred and
eighty-six.
Section 2. The commission shall have exclusive au- Rules and
thority, except as otherwise herein provided, to adopt, reUxth'e°to%e-
amend, alter and repeal rules and regulations, not incon- traffiretc^^*
sistent with general law as modified by this act, relative to
vehicular street traffic in the city, and to the movement,
stopping or standing of vehicles on, and their exclusion
from, all or any streets, ways, highways, roads and park-
ways, under the control of the city, including rules and
regulations designating any way or part thereof under said
control as a through way under and subject to the provisions
of section nine of chapter eighty-nine of the General Laws,
as amended, and may prescribe penalties not exceeding fifty
dollars for the violation of any rule or regulation adopted
hereunder. No such rule or regulation, except such special city'Record"*
rules and regulations as are declared by vote of the com-
mission to be urgently required by considerations of public
safety or convenience or such as are of a temporary nature
and are to be effective for a period of not more than two
weeks, shall take effect until published for two successive
weeks in the City Record. Upon petition of twenty-five Public hearing
registered voters of the city relative to any rule or regulation "^°" petition.
adopted or proposed to be adopted under this section, the
commission shall hold a public hearing thereon within thirty
days after the filing with the commission of such petition,
and final action thereon shall be determined only by vote of
a majority of the entire membership of the commission.
The commission shall have power to erect, make and main- Traffic signs,
tain, or cause to be erected, made and maintained, traffic ^^^^^'^^•^ "■
signs, signals, markings and other devices for the control of
such traffic in the city and for informing and warning the
public as to rules and regulations adopted hereunder, sub-
ject, however, to section two of chapter eighty-five, and to
sections eight and nine of said chapter eighty-nine, of the
General Laws, as amended. Nothing in this act shall be Act, how
construed to authorize the commission to adopt any rule or '^""^ '^^^ '
regulation excluding the cars of a street railway company
from any way or part thereof in which it has a location, or
to modify or limit any power or authority of the metro-
politan district commission, of the state department of
public works or of the state department of public utilities,
or any power now vested in the said police commissioner to
regulate street uses under licenses or permits granted by said
commissioner.
Section 3. All existing rules and regulations of the board Existing rules
p., .. Jii ifi •• , 1 and regulations
01 street commissioners, the board oi park commissioners, the to remain in
pohce commissioner, or any other pubhc board, commis- lmen*ded,"e'tc'.'
sion or official of the city, relating to the control of vehicular
traffic, shall remain in full force and effect until amended,
revised or repealed by the commission under this act, and
any amendment, revision or repeal of such a rule or regu-
lation or the adoption of any new rule or regulation by the
264
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 264.
Submission to
city council, etc,
Proviso.
commission shall not affect any act done, any right accrued,
any penalty incurred, or any suit, prosecution or proceed-
ing pending at the time of said amendment, revision, repeal
or adoption.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,
during the current year, by vote of the city council of the
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise; provided, that for the purposes of such acceptance
only, this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 26, 1929.
G. L. 194, § 5,
amended.
Public admin-
istrators not to
act when heir,
etc., claims the
right, nor when
sole known as-
sets of estate
consist of ac-
count in sav-
ings bank, etc.,
not increased
or decreased
during certain
period.
Chap. 2Q4: An Act prohibiting the granting to public adminis-
trators OF administration or their appointment as
receivers of absentees' estates in certain cases.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and ninety-four of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
five and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 5.
Administration shall not be granted to a public adminis-
trator when the husband, widow or an heir of the deceased,
in writing, claims the right of administration or requests
the appointment of some other suitable person to the trust,
if such husband, widow, heir or other person accepts the
trust and gives the bond required, nor when the sole known
assets of the estate of the deceased consist of an amount of
money standing to his credit in a savings bank or in the
savings department of a trust company, in case such account
has not been increased by a deposit, nor decreased by a
withdrawal of any part of his deposits or of any part of the
interest thereon, during a period of twenty years or more
next preceding the petition for such administration.
Section 2. Chapter two hundred of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section eight and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 8. If such
absentee has left no corporeal property within the com-
monwealth, but there are debts and obligations due or owing
to him from persons within the commonwealth, a petition
may be filed as provided in section one, stating the nature
and amount of such debts and obligations, so far as known,
and praying that a receiver thereof may be appointed. The
court may thereupon issue a notice as above provided,
without issuing a warrant, and may, upon the return of said
notice and after a hearing, dismiss the petition or appoint
a receiver and authorize and direct him to demand and col-
lect the debts and obligations specified in said petition;
provided, that no public administrator shall be appointed
as such receiver when the sole known assets of the estate of
the absentee consist of an amount of money standing to his
credit in a savings bank or in the savings department of a
trust company, in case such account has not been increased
by a deposit, nor decreased by a withdrawal of any part of
G. L. 200, § 8,
amended.
Petition for
appointment
of receiver of
debts and
obligations due
to absentees.
Issue of notice
by court.
Proviso.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 265. 265
his deposits or of any part of the interest thereon, during
a period of twenty years or more next preceding the petition
for appointment of a receiver. The receiver shall give bond ^°'^"^-
as provided in section five, and shall hold the proceeds of
such debts and obligations and all property received by him, '
and distribute the same as hereinafter provided. He may
be further authorized and directed as provided in the pre-
ceding section. Approved April 27, 1929.
An Act relative to the preparation and transmission phnr) 9fif^
TO THE FULL COURT OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF ^'
NECESSARY PAPERS IN APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS AND RELA-
TIVE TO THE ENTRY OF SUCH PROCEEDINGS IN SAID COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the g.l. 231. § 135,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section '^'nended.
one hundred and thirty-five and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Sectioji 135. In all cases to be brought Preparation
before the full court of the supreme judicial court, including sion to fuiT'^'
cases from the supreme judicial court when held by a single preme°{udi'ciai
justice, the superior court, the land court, the probate court, court of neces-
the appellate division of the municipal court of the city of ap'^eUat^e^pro-
Boston or an appellate division of any other district court, feedings, etc.
the clerk of the court below, at the expense of the appellant
or excepting party, or, upon a case reserved or reported, at
the expense of the plaintiff or of the party at whose request
it is reserved or reported, shall prepare and transmit to the
supreme judicial court for the commonwealth, or for the
proper county, one copy of every paper on file in the case
necessary to a full presentation of all questions of law in- '
tended to be raised before the full court, except papers used
in evidence only, and of all papers made part of the case
by reference in the record, for the use of the chief justice,
and a like copy for the clerk of the supreme judicial court
which shall be kept on file in said court; five typewritten
copies of any opinion or statement of reasons for decision
filed by the court below, for the use of the full court; one
copy of the record of the court below which transmits the
questions of law, for the use of each associate justice, each
party and the reporter of decisions. In appeals under section
one hundred and nine, the court may order the expense of
the necessary papers to be borne by some party other than
the appealing party, or may in its discretion provide the
required typewritten copies of the opinion or statement
aforesaid without charge. Original papers used in the trial
in the court below which are needed before the full court of
the supreme judicial court shall be transmitted to its clerk
to be kept on file by him until the rescript in such case is
sent. The expense of such copies and transmission shall
be taxed in the bill of costs of the prevaihng party, if he has
paid it.
266
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 265.
Order in writ-
ing for prepara-
tion and trans-
mission of
papers and
copies to full
court of su-
preme judicial
court to be
given to clerk,
recorder, etc.,
of court in
which case is
pending, etc.
Entry of case.
G. L. 231, § 109,
amended.
Appeal from
appellate divi-
sion to supreme
judicial court.
G.L. 231, § 141,
etc., amended.
In order to carry any question of law from the supreme
judicial court when held by a single justice or from any
other court to the full court of the supreme judicial court
upon appeal, exception, reservation, report or otherwise as
authorized by law, the party having the obligation to cause
the necessary papers hereinbefore specified to be prepared
shall give to the clerk, recorder, register or other appropriate
official of the court in which the case is pending, within ten
days after the appeal or allowance of the bill of exceptions
or the determination by the court in which the questions
arose of the form of the transmitting order, an order in
writing for the preparation of such papers and copies of
papers for transmission to the full court of the supreme
judicial court. As soon as may be after receiving such
written order, the clerk or other official shall make an esti-
mate of the expense of the necessary transcripts of steno-
graphic notes and of the preparation and transmission of
the necessary papers and copies of papers aforesaid and
shall give such party notice in writing of the amount of
such estimate. Such party, within twenty days after the
date of such notice from the clerk or other official, shall pay
to him the amount of such estimate. The clerk or other
official then without delay shall prepare the papers and
copies of papers aforesaid for transmission and when they
are ready shall give notice in writing of such fact to the party
ordering them, who, within five days after the date of such
notice, shall enter the case in the supreme judicial court for
the commonwealth, or for the proper county.
Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and thirty-one is
hereby further amended by striking out .section one hundred
and nine and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 109. An appeal shall lie from the final decision of
the appellate division to the supreme judicial court for the
commonwealth. Claim thereof shall be filed in the office of
the clerk of said municipal court within five days after notice
of the decision of the appellate division. The appeal shall
not remove the cause, but only the question or questions to
be determined. The completion of such appeal shall be in
accordance with section one hundred and thirty-five. The
expense of the preparation of the necessary papers and copies
of papers and their transmission, and the entry fee in the
supreme judicial court, shall be taxed in the bill of costs of
the prevailing party, if he has paid it. Section twenty-five
of chapter two hundred and sixty-one shall apply to such
appealed cases. If the appellant fails duly to perfect the
appeal or to enter the same in the supreme judicial court,
the appellate division may upon application of an adverse
party, and after notice to all persons interested, order the
appeal vacated and the decision appealed from affirmed.
Section 3. Section one hundred and forty-one of said
chapter two hundred and thirty-one, as amended by section
two of chapter three hundred and seventeen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 265. 267
amended by inserting after the word "thirty-four" in the
eighteenth hne the words: — , one hundred and thirty-five,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 141 . Sections one, two, Sectionsap-
three, four, five, six, seven, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, chdf actio°ns
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, before dis-
/ tzj / / trict courts
twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty- except in city
five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, ^^ ^^oston.
thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four,
thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine,
forty, forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-
five, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one,
fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-
eight, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four, sixty-
five, sixty-six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy,
seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-five, sev-
enty-nine, eighty-five, eighty-five A, eighty-seven, eighty-
eight, eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-
three, ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-seven, ninety-eight,
ninety-nine, one hundred, one hundred and one, one hun-
dred and two, one hundred and thirty-four, one hundred and
thirty-five, one hundred and thirty-six, one hundred and
thirty-seven, one hundred and thirty-eight, one hundred
and thirty-nine, one hundred and forty and one hundred
and forty-seven shall apply to civil actions before district
courts, and no other sections of this chapter shall so apply,
except to the municipal court of the city of Boston under
section one hundred and forty-three.
Section 4. Section eleven of chapter two hundred and ^gg^pn^'gy^'
twelve of the General Laws, as amended by section four of rlpe^fed.^ '
chapter two hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby repealed.
Section 5. Section nineteen of chapter two hundred and ^niMd'ed' ^ '^'
fourteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out, in the sixth hne, the word "forthwith", and by inserting
after the word "court" the second time it appears in the
same line the following : — The completion of an appeal here-
under shall be governed by section one hundred and thirty-
five of chapter two hundred and thirty-one, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 19. A party aggrieved by a final g^^i^dgp^er
decree of a justice of the supreme judicial court or a final of justice of
decree of the superior court may, within twenty days after dS'^ourTor
the entry thereof, appeal therefrom. An appeal from a ^j^"^' "^.^^fee
final decree of a justice of the supreme judicial court shall court. '^" '
be entered on the docket of that court, and an appeal from
a final decree of the superior court shall be entered in the
supreme judicial court. The completion of an appeal here-
under shall be governed by section one hundred and thirty-
five of chapter two hundred and thirty-one. When such
appeals have been entered as aforesaid, all proceedings
under such decree shall be stayed, and the cause shall there-
upon be pending before the full court, which shall hear and
determine the same, and affirm, reverse or modify the de-
cree appealed from. Upon the reversal of a final decree, the
268
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 266.
G.L. 215. § 10.
amended.
Appeal to be
heard by
full court.
G.L. 278. §33,
amended.
Transmission
and entry of
papers relative
to question of
law arising in
criminal case in
superior court
upon appeal,
etc.
When operative
court may remand the cause to a justice of the supreme
judicial court or to the superior court, with necessary and
proper directions for further proceeding therein.
Section 6. Section ten of chapter two hundred and
fifteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out, in the third and fourth lines, the words "eleven of chap-
ter two hundred and twelve" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — one hundred and thirty-five of chapter two
hundred and thirty-one, — and by striking out, in the sixth
and seventh lines, the words "section one hundred and
thirty-five of chapter two hundred and thirty-one" and in-
serting in place thereof the words: — said section, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 10. The appeal shall be pend-
ing before the full court as soon as it has been filed in the
probate court, and proper copies of papers in the proceed-
ing, as specified in section one hundred and thirty-five of
chapter two hundred and thirty-one, have been prepared by
the register and transmitted to the supreme judicial court
and entered in the docket of the full court under said section.
Section 7. Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
thirty-three and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 33. Copies and papers relative to a question of law
which arises in a criminal case in the superior court upon
appeal, exception, report or otherwise shall be prepared by
the clerk of the court at the expense of the commonwealth
and shall thereupon be transmitted to and entered in the
law docket of the supreme judicial court for the common-
wealth, or for the proper county, as soon as may be after
such question of law has been reserved and duly made matter
of record in the superior court. Copies and papers as afore-
said shall be as specified by, and the number of copies to be
prepared hereunder and the persons for whose use the same
shall be transmitted shall be as provided in, the provisions
of section one hundred and thirty-five of chapter two hun-
dred and thirty-one relative to appellate proceedings in civil
cases, except as otherwise provided in respect to the tran-
script of the evidence by sections thirty-three A to thirty-
three G, inclusive, and the rules made thereunder, in criminal
cases subject to said sections. Entry of a case hereunder
shall not transfer the case, but only the question to be de-
termined.
Section 8. This act shall become operative on Septem-
ber first of the current year. Approved April 27, 1929.
Chav.2QQ An Act relative to audit control of accounts of
municipal gas and electric plants.
G. L. 164, § 56,
amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section fifty-six and in-
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 266. 269
serting in place thereof the following : — Section 56. The Manager of
mayor of a city, or the selectmen or municipal light board, iTghUnJl^lp-
if any, of a town acquiring a gas or electric plant shall ap- g^'^'j'*"'®"*-
point a manager of municipal lighting who shall, under the
direction and control of the mayor, selectmen or municipal
light board, if any, and subject to this chapter, have full
charge of the operation and management of the plant, the
manufacture and distribution of gas or electricity, the pur-
chase of supplies, the employment of agents and servants,
the method, time, price, quantity and quality of the supply,
the collection of bills, and the keeping of accounts. His Compensation.
compensation and term of office shall be fixed in cities by the
city council and in towns by the selectmen or municipal light
board, if any; and, before entering upon the performance of
his official duties, he shall give bond to the city or town for Bond.
the faithful performance thereof in a sum and form and with
sureties to the satisfaction of the mayor, selectmen or mu-
nicipal light board, if any, and shall, at the end of each mu- To render de-
nicipal year, render to them such detailed statement of his mentor*^
doings and of the business and financial matters in his charge doings, etc.
as the department may prescribe. All moneys payable to or
received by the city, town, manager or municipal light board
in connection with the operation of the plant, for the sale
of gas or electricity or otherwise, shall be paid to the city or
town treasurer. All accounts rendered to or kept in the Accounts sub-
gas or electric plant of any city shall be subject to the in- hispection.
spection of the city auditor or officer having similar duties,
and in towns they shall be subject to the inspection of the
selectmen. The auditor or officer having similar duties, or
the selectmen, may require any person presenting for settle-
ment an account or claim against such plant to make oath
before him or them, in such form as he or they may pre-
scribe, as to the accuracy of such account or claim. The
wilful making of a false oath shall be punishable as perjury.
The auditor or officer having similar duties in cities, and p.{y^n°eTfto°/
the selectmen in towns, shall approve the payment of all biiis or pay
bills or pay rolls of such plants before they are paid by the Ludltor, etc.
treasurer, and may disallow and refuse to approve for pay-
ment, in whole or in part, any claim as fraudulent, unlawful
or excessive; and in that case the auditor or officer having
similar duties, or the selectmen, shall file with the city or
town treasurer a written statement of the reasons for the
refusal; and the treasurer shall not pay any claim or bill
so disallowed. This section shall not abridge the powers Certain powers
conferred on town accountants by sections fifty-five to sixty- counrante not
one, inclusive, of chapter forty-one. The manager shall at ■abridged.
any time, when required by the mayor, selectmen, municipal n^i|keltltement
light board, if any, or department, make a statement to of' doings when
such officers of his doings, business, receipts, disburse- '"'''^""■®'^' ®*''-
ments, balances, and of the indebtedness of the town in his
department. Approved April 27, 1929.
270
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 267.
Standard for
ereain, milk
and skimmed
milk.
Chav. 267 An Act relative to standards and grades of cream.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L.^9^4^ § 12, Section 1. Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section twelve and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 12. The
Massachusetts legal standard for milk shall be milk which
upon analysis is shown to contain not less than twelve per
cent of milk solids and not less than three and thirty-five
hundredths per cent of milk fat. The Massachusetts legal
standard for skimmed milk shall be skimmed milk con-
taining not less than nine and three tenths per cent of milk
solids exclusive of milk fat. The Massachusetts legal stand-
ard for cream or ungraded cream shall be cream which upon
analysis is shown to contain not less than sixteen per cent
of milk fat. The Massachusetts legal standard for the
grades to be known as light cream, medium cream, heavy
cream and extra heavy cream shall be cream which upon
analysis is shown to contain not less than sixteen, twenty-five,
thirty-four and thirty-eight per cent, respectively, of milk
fat.
Section 2. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further
amended by striking out section twenty-one and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 21. No person,
himself or by his agent, shall sell, expose for sale, or have in
his custody or possession with intent to sell, cream not
bearing, upon a label, cap or tag in legible bold-faced letters
of not less than twelve point plain gothic type, a statement
of one of the following designations conforming to the legal
standard for the particular grade or kind as set forth in
section twelve: "Light Cream", "Medium Cream",
"Heavy Cream", "Extra Heavy Cream", "Ungraded
Cream", or "Cream" together with the percentage of milk
fat contained therein which shall be not less than sixteen
per cent. Whoever, himself or by his agent, sells, exposes
for sale, or has in his custody or possession with intent to
sell, cream not bearing a designation as hereinbefore re-
quired, or cream bearing such a designation and not con-
forming to the legal standard set forth in said section twelve
for the grade or kind so designated, shall for the first offence
be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, for the
second offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine
of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred
dollars.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on October first of
the current year. Approved April 27, 1929.
G.L.94, §21,
amended.
Labelling of
cream
regulated.
Penalty.
Effective date.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 268, 269. 271
An Act relative to the reimbursement of the com- Chap. 268
MONWEALTH FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE INSTRUCTION AND
SUPPORT OF BLIND AND DEAF CHILDREN IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws is hereby amended ^mg^vfed ^ ^^'
by striking out section twenty-six and inserting in place
thereof the following : — Section 26. The department may, Certain deaf
upon the request of the parents or guardians and with the sons nmy be^*^"
approval of the governor, send such deaf and such blind f^P* •^V®'',"
^^ .. ^. , ' 1 • , p 1 i- c ta:n schools.
persons as it considers proper subjects tor education, tor a
term not exceeding ten years, to the American School, at
Hartford, for the Deaf, in the state of Connecticut, to the
Clarke School for the Deaf at Northampton, to the Horace
Mann School at Boston, to any other school for the deaf in
the commonwealth, as the parents or guardians may prefer,
or to the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for
the Blind, as the case may be, and, upon like request and
with like approval, it may continue for a longer term the
instruction of meritorious pupils recommended by the
principal or other chief officer of the school which they at-
tend. With the approval of the governor the department
may, at the expense of the commonwealth, make such pro-
vision for the care and education of children who are both
deaf and Wind as it may deem expedient. No such pupil
shall be withdrawn from such institutions or schools except
with the consent of the authorities thereof or of the de-
partment; and the expenses of the instruction and support
of such pupils therein, actually rendered or furnished, in-
cluding their necessary traveling expenses, whether daily
or otherwise, but not exceeding ordinary and reasonable com-
pensation therefor, shall be paid by the commonwealth; but mentof cwn-
the parents or guardians of such children, who are able monweaith.
wholly or in part to provide for their support and care, to
the extent of their ability may be required by the depart-
ment to reimburse the commonwealth therefor.
Approved April 29, 1929.
An Act further extending the term of service of the (JJidj) 269
SPECIAL COMMISSION ON THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE AND
VESTING IT W'lTH CERTAIN POWERS IN THE EVENT OF A
FUEL EMERGENCY.
Whereas, The deferred operation of tliis act would tend pr'^^mbfe*^^
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the pubHc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The term of service of the special com- Term of serv-
,1 • e Te • J 1 '1 1 J ice of special
mission on the necessaries oi hie, appointed under chapter commission on
three hundred and twenty-five of the acts of nineteen hun- of iiFe^extended.
272
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 269.
Unexpended
balances, etc.
Report to
general court.
To act as
emergency
fuel adminis-
trator, etc.
Effective date.
dred and twenty-one, as extended to May first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-three by section one of chapter three
hundred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, to May first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
four by section one of chapter three hundred and twenty of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, to May first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-five by section one of chapter
three hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, to May first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven by section one of chapter two hundred and seventy-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and
to May first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine by section
one of chapter two hundred and sixty-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further ex-
tended to May first, nineteen hundred and thirty, and dur-
ing the term hereby extended the commission shall have all
the powers and duties granted and imposed by sections two
to four, inclusive, of said chapter three hundred and twenty-
five, as amended by section one of chapter ninety-nine of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four. During said
extended term the chairman of said commission shall have
authority to act for the commission when the commission is
not in session, and the compensation of its chairman shall
continue to be as provided in section one of said chapter
three hundred and twenty-five.
Section 2. The unexpended balances of any appropri-
ations heretofore made for the use of the commission are
hereby made available for the purposes of the commission
during the current fiscal year and the commission, from such
balances and from such additional appropriations as may be
made by the general court, may expend such sums as shall
be approved by the governor and council. The commission
shall report annually to the general court not later than the
second Wednesday of January.
Section 3. Whenever the governor shall determine that
a fuel emergency exists, he may, with the approval of the
council, by a writing signed by him, designate the aforesaid
special commission to act as an emergency fuel adminis-
trator, which shall have with respect to fuel all the powers
and authority granted by the Commonwealth Defence Act
of nineteen hundred and seventeen, being chapter three hun-
dred and forty-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and seventeen, to persons designated or appointed by the
governor under section twelve of said chapter three hundred
and forty-two; and he may revoke such written authority
at any time. The provisions of said chapter three hundred
and forty-two are hereby made operative until May first,
nineteen hundred and thirty to such extent as the provisions
of this act may require.
Section 4. This act shall take effect May first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-nine.
Approved April 30, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 270, 271. 273
An Act authorizing the town of dedham to borrow Qfidj) 270
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing school Town of Ded-
, . . niini ni9v
buildings, and/or additions to existing school buildings where borrow nioney
^ ' 'or schoo'
jurposes
such additions increase the floor space of said buildings, and p°uVpo'^es'
originally equipping and furnishing such buildings and/or
additions, the town of Dedham ma^^ borrow from time to
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, three hundred thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Dedham School Loan, Act of 1929. Each author- Dedham School
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans {9"29""^'^^ °^
shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates,
but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum
equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such au-
thorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by
the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 30, 1929.
An Act relative to appropriations by the town of Chav. 211
CHATHAM FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Chatham may, by a two thirds Town of
vote at any annual town meeting, appropriate a sum not fpproprTatTa^
exceeding three thousand dollars, to be expended under the f^r^^'ubHc'"
direction of the selectmen, for the purpose of providing amusements,
amusements or entertainments of a public character.
Section 2. So much of the action of said town at its Certain action
annual meeting in the current year, in pursuance of article ald^wn firmed?
fifteen of the warrant therefor, as would have been valid etc
had section one been then in force, is hereby ratified and
confirmed, and the entire sum appropriated thereunder may
be expended for the purposes specified in section one, sub-
ject to the provisions thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 30, 1929.
274
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 272, 273, 274.
Chap. 212 An Act relative to appropriations by the town of
HARWICH FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Harwich may, by a two thirds
vote at any annual town meeting, appropriate a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars, to be expended under the
direction of the selectmen, for the purpose of providing
amusements or entertainments of a public character.
Section 2. The vote passed by said town at its annual
town meeting in the current year, in pursuance of article
forty-nine of the warrant therefor, is hereby ratified and
confirmed, and the sum appropriated thereunder may be
expended for the purposes specified in section one, subject
to the provisions thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 30, 1929.
Town of
Harwich may
appropriate a
certain sum
for public
amusements.
Certain vote
of town ratified
and confirmed,
etc.
Chap. 273 An Act relative to the compensation of town clerks.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 46, §
amended.
Fees of city
and town
clerks.
Section twenty-six of chapter fortj^-six of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the twelfth line,
the words "containing more than ten thousand inhabitants",
— so as to read as follows: — Section 26. The town clerk
shall receive the following fees from the town upon present-
ing to the town treasurer a certificate of the receipt of the
prescribed copies by the state secretary: For each marriage,
fifty cents; for each birth, one dollar; for each death returned
to him by an undertaker or the board of health, fifty cents;
for each death not so returned but obtained and recorded
by him, one dollar. He shall also receive from the town
the following fees: For each certificate transmitted under
section twelve, fifty cents; for receiving and recording an
affidavit and forwarding a copy thereof under section thir-
teen, one dollar; for sending the notice required by section
twenty-three, fifty cents; for each oath administered in
his capacity as clerk, twenty-five cents. A town may limit
the aggregate compensation allowed to its clerk.
Approved April 30, 1929.
Chav. 27 4: An Act relative to the reissue of a license to operate
MOTOR vehicles AS AFFECTED BY A CONVICTION FOR
operating while under the INFLUENCE OF INTOXICAT-
ING LIQUORS RESULTING IN A FATAL ACCIDENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-four of chapter ninety of the General
Laws, as most recently amended by section one of chapter
two hundred and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "conviction" in the seventy-third line the
G. L. 90, § 24,
etc., amended
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 274. 275
following: — ; and provided, further, that notwithstanding
the foregoing, no new license shall be issued by the registrar
to any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while
under the influence of intoxicating liquor, until ten years
after the date of final conviction, in case the registrar de-
termines, upon investigation and after a hearing, that the
action of the person so convicted in committing such offence
caused an accident resulting in the death of another, nor at
any time after a subsequent final conviction of a like offence,
in case the registrar determines in the manner aforesaid
that the action of such person so subsequently convicted
in committing such subsequent offence caused an accident
resulting in the death of another, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 2Jf. Whoever upon any way, or in any place to Penalty for
which the public has a right of access, operates a motor opiating motor
1-1 111 I'll 1 • n f • j^ • ±- vehicles reck-
vehicle recklessly, or while under the miiuence oi mtoxicatmg lessiy or while
liquor, or negligently so that the lives or safety of the public onu"oxka"hig^
might be endangered, or upon a bet or wager or in a race, 'iquor, etc.
or whoever operates a motor vehicle for the purpose of mak-
ing a record and thereby violates any provision of section
seventeen or any regulation under section eighteen, or who-
ever without stopping and making known his name, resi-
dence and the number of his motor vehicle goes away after
knowingly colliding with or otherwise causing injury to any
other vehicle or property, or whoever uses a motor vehicle For unauthor-
without authority knowing that such use is unauthorized, i^eduseof
, ... motor V6nicl6s
or whoever loans or knowingly permits his license to operate
motor vehicles to be used by another person, or whoever For fraud in
makes false statements in an application for such a license with Hcen"ea
or falsely impersonates the person named in such an appli-
cation, or procures such false impersonation, whether of
himself or of another, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars or by im-
prisonment for not less than two weeks nor more than two
years, or both; except that for an offence of operating a For second or
motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating offen'p'^s o"*op-
liquor committed within a period of six years immediately erating motor
following his final conviction of a like offence by a court or under Influence
magistrate of the commonwealth, a person shall be punished gatiri^^fiuor
by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than
two years. Before a magistrate or other officer authorized investigation,
, ^ ■ ,.,.'='.., , 1 • , etc., as to pre-
to receive complaints m criminal cases reduces a complaint vious convic-
to writing, or before a prosecuting officer presents evidence offence 'l'^^
etc..
to the grand jury, charging a person with having operated when person is
a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating ha vmg operated
liquor, he shall communicate with the office of the registrar, '"hu^'^u^nder''^
and shall inquire as to whether there is in said office any influence of in-
record or other information tending to show that such li^q'uor*'"^
person has been finally convicted of a like offence by a court
or magistrate of the commonwealth within a period of six
years immediately preceding the commission of the offence
with which he is charged, and if it shall appear to such magis-
trate or other officer, or to the grand jury, as the case may
276
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 274.
Penalty for
not stopping,
etc., after
collision, etc.
Issue of new
license, when.
Provisos.
be, that such person has so been convicted, the complaint
or indictment shall contain an averment to that effect which
shall specify such court or magistrate and the date of such
conviction. Any person who operates a motor vehicle
upon any way, or in any place to which the public has a
right of access, and who, without stopping and making
known his name, residence and the number of his motor
vehicle, goes away after knowingly colliding with or other-
wise causing injury to any person, shall be punished by im-
prisonment for not less than two months nor more than
Revocation of I^q years. A convictiou of a violation of this section shall
conviction, etc. be reported forthwith by the court or magistrate to the
registrar, who may in any event and shall, unless the court
or magistrate recommends otherwise, revoke immediately
the license of the person so convicted, and no appeal from
the judgment shall operate to stay the revocation of the
license. If it appears by the records of the registrar that
the person so convicted is the owner of a motor vehicle or
has exclusive control of any motor vehicle as a manufacturer
or dealer, the registrar may revoke the certificate of regis-
tration of any or all motor vehicles so owned or exclusively
controlled. The registrar in his discretion may issue a new
license to any person acquitted in the appellate court, or
after an investigation or upon hearing may issue a new
license to a person convicted in any court; provided, that
no new license shall be issued by the registrar to any person
convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor until one year after the date
of final conviction, if for a first offence, or five years after
any subsequent conviction, and to any person convicted of
violating any other provision of this section until sixty days
after the date of final conviction, if for a first offence, or one
year after the date of any subsequent conviction; and pro-
vided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no new
license shall be issued by the registrar to any person con-
victed of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor, until ten years after the date of final
conviction, in case the registrar determines, upon investi-
gation and after a hearing, that the action of the person so
convicted in committing such offence caused an accident
resulting in the death of another, nor at any time after a
subsequent final conviction of a like offence, in case the
registrar determines in the manner aforesaid that the action
of such person so subsequently convicted in committing such
subsequent offence caused an accident resulting in the death
of another. The prosecution of any person for operating
a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating
liquor, if the offence is committed within a period of six
. - years immediately following his final conviction of a like
o^subsequ^en" offcucc by a court or magistrate of the commonwealth, shall
not in any event be placed on file or otherwise disposed of
except by trial, judgment and sentence according to the
regular course of criminal proceedings, nor shall the execu-
Prosecutions
for operating
motor vehicle
while under
influence of
intoxicating
offence, etc.,
disposition, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 275, 276. 277
tion of the sentence for such later offence be suspended under
section one of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine. The Proseeutiona
prosecution for the violation of any other provision of this lationsfif^'"'
section, if a second or subsequent offence, shall not, unless sXe^^gnt
the interests of justice require such disposition, be placed on offence, dis-
file or otherwise disposed of except by trial, judgment and p°s't>°n' etc
sentence according to the regular course of criminal pro-
ceedings; and such a prosecution shall be otherwise dis-
posed of only on motion in writing, stating specifically the
reasons therefor, and verified by affidavit if facts are relied
on. If the court or magistrate certifies in writing that he
is satisfied that the reasons relied upon are sufficient and
that the interests of justice require the allowance of the
motion, the motion shall be allowed, and the certificate
shall be filed in the case. A copy of the motion and cer-
tificate shall be sent by the court or magistrate forthwith
to the registrar. Approved April 30, 1929.
An Act authorizing the department of public utili- (JJmr) 275
TIES to license THE OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR
THE CARRIAGE OF PERSONS FOR HIRE OVER A CERTAIN
ROUTE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of public utilities, upon application by Department of
any person or corporation to whom a license has been m"y Hc"ense*tiie
granted by the licensing authority of the town of Milton operation of
" , ,. c J f f 1 J 1 11 1 r-Ci motor vehicles
under section forty-five oi chapter one hundred and fatty- for the carriage
nine of the General Laws, as amended, may grant to such hirrover^a^"'^
person or corporation a license to operate motor vehicles certain route in
for the purpose set forth in said section over the following '^' ^ °
route : — from the corner of Hilltop street and Granite
avenue in the city of Boston via Granite avenue, Adams
street, Codman street and Dorchester avenue to the Ash-
mont station of the Boston Elevated Railway Company in
said city; and no further license therefor shall be required.
Before granting such license, said department shall give a Pubiic hearing.
public hearing upon the application therefor, after notice to
the city council of said city. Said department shall not grant
such license unless it finds that public necessity and con-
venience require that the applicant be allowed to operate
motor vehicles over such route. A license granted hereunder
by the said department shall confer the same rights and
shall be subject to the same provisions of law as if granted
by the city council of said city under said section forty-five.
Approved April 30, 1929.
An Act requiring the submission of budgets at annual (Jjidj) 276
TOWN MEETINGS. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section sixteen of chapter thirty-nine of the General Laws, g. l. 39, § le.
as amended by chapter three hundred and eighty-eight of ''*''•• ^™'''"'«*-
278
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 277, 278.
Submission of
budgets at
annual town
meetings.
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraph : — In every town having a committee ap-
pointed under authority of this section, such committee, or
the selectmen if authorized by a by-law of the town, and,
in any town not having such a committee, the selectmen,
shall submit a budget at the annual town meeting.
Approved April 30, 1929.
Chap. 277 An Act relative to the salary of the state librarian.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 6, § 35,
amended.
State librarian,
appointment,
salary.
Chapter six of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section thirty-five and inserting in place thereof
the following : — Section 85. ' The governor, with the advice
and consent of the council, shall appoint a librarian of the
state library, who shall hold office during their pleasure and
shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the trustees of
said library with the approval of the governor and council.
Approved April 30, 1929.
Chav. 27S An Act establishing the harbor lines in fort point
channel in boston harbor and abolishing the harbor
lines in south bay in said harbor.
Harbor lines in
Fort Point
channel in
Boston harbor
established.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The harbor lines in Fort Point channel in
Boston harbor are hereby changed and established as
follows: The location of each of the angle and tangent
points in the lines hereinafter described is fixed by a dis-
tance hereinafter called longitude, in feet, from a meridian
passing through the center of the apex of the dome of the
state house in Boston, and by a distance hereinafter called
latitude, in feet, from a line at right angles to said meridian
and passing through the said center of the apex of the state
house dome, and the bearings refer to the true meridian
passing through the center of said apex.
Beginning at a point marked I in latitude three thousand
nine hundred and sixty-two feet south and longitude two
thousand two hundred and twenty-seven feet east, said
point being on the face of the sea wall on the northerly side
of Fort Point channel, being point I of the harbor line es-
tablished by section two of chapter one hundred and sev-
enty of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty, thence
southerly by said harbor line by the arc of a circle having
a radius of three hundred and thirty-eight feet about one
hundred and fifty-seven feet to point H' in latitude four
thousand and eighty-one feet south and longitude two
thousand one hundred and twenty-six feet east, thence to
the left by the arc of a circle having a radius of seven hun-
dred and fifty feet to point G' in latitude four thousand five
hundred and sixty feet south and longitude one thousand
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 279. 279
eight hundred and thirty-eight feet east, said point G' being
at the intersection of said arc and the harbor hne as estab-
lished by section one of chapter two hundred and thirty-two
of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, thence
by said harbor hne north eighty-three degrees thirty-seven
minutes thirty-five seconds east, true bearing, about three
hundred and seventy-eight feet to a point in latitude four
thousand five hundred and eighteen feet south and longi-
tude two thousand two hundred and fourteen feet east, said
point being the southerly end of the arc of a circle having
a radius of three hundred feet as described in said chapter
two hundred and thirty-two.
All harbor lines heretofore established in said Fort Point jfnefjJboH^h'e'd
channel southwesterly of point I on the northerly and
westerly side, and southwesterly of said point G' in the
southerly and easterly side of said channel, and all harbor
lines in South Bay in Boston harbor, are hereby abolished.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 1. 1929.
An Act relative to the methods and frequency of Chav 279
MAKING CERTAIN TESTS OF MILK AND CREAM AND TO
THE TESTING OF UTENSILS USED THEREIN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section twenty-five of chapter ninety-four g. l. 94, §25,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in '^'"ended.
the sixth and in the seventeenth lines, respectively, the word
"value" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the
words: — milk-fat content, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 25. No bottle, pipette or other measuring glass or Testing of
utensil shall be used by any inspector of milk, or by any ,ictermln°ng
person in any milk inspection laboratory, in determining, J.|,7j,'"'l'^i^* i^
by the Babcock or other centrifugal machine, the composi- or cream, etc.
tion of milk or cream for the purposes of inspection, or by
any person in any place in determining, by the Babcock or
other centrifugal machine, the composition or milk-fat
content of milk or cream as a basis for payment in buying
or selling, until such measuring glass or utensil has been
tested for accuracy and verified by the director, or by his
duly designated deputy. Each such bottle, pipette or other
measuring glass or utensil shall be submitted to the said
director by the owner or user thereof, to be tested for
accuracy, before the same is used for such purposes. As a
fee for making the test, the owner or user shall pay to the
said director a sum not exceeding five cents for each bottle,
pipette or other measuring glass or utensil tested. Each
measuring glass or utensil so tested and verified or found
inaccurate shall be marked accordingly by the director or
by his said deputy. No such measuring glass or utensil so
marked inaccurate shall be used in determining the compo-
sition or milk-fat content of milk or cream,
280
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 279.
G. L. 94, § 26,
amended.
Inspection of
testing ma-
chines.
Condemnation
of inaccurate
testing
machines.
G.L.94, § 27,
amended.
Certificate for
use of Babcock
etc., machine
required.
Fee, etc.
G.L.94, §29,
amended.
Testing and
inspection of
measuring
devices.
Section 2. Section twenty-six of said chapter ninety-
four is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth and
in the fourteenth Hnes, respectively, the word "value" and
inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the words: —
milk-fat content, — so as to read as follows : — Section 26.
Each Babcock or other centrifugal machine used by an
inspector of milk or by a person in a milk inspection labora-
tory for determining the composition of milk or cream for
purposes of inspection, or by a person in any place for
determining the composition or milk-fat content of milk or
cream as a basis for payment in buying or selling, shall be
inspected at least once in each year by the director or by his
inspector or deputy. The owner or user of any such centrif-
ugal machine shall pay to the director as a fee for making
each such annual inspection the actual cost thereof.
Each Babcock or other centrifugal machine used as
aforesaid which, in the opinion of the director, his inspector
or deputy is not in condition to give accurate results, may
be condemned by him. No Babcock or other centrifugal
machine so condemned shall be used for determining the
composition or milk-fat content of milk or cream as afore-
said, unless such machine is corrected to the satisfaction of
the director, his inspector or deputy, and approved by him.
Section 3. Section twenty-seven of said chapter ninety-
four is hereby amended by striking out, in the fifth line, the
word "value" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
milk-fat content, — so as to read as follows : — Section 27.
No inspector of milk and no person in a milk inspection
laboratory shall manipulate the Babcock or other centrif-
ugal machine to determine the composition of milk or
cream for purposes of inspection, and no person in any
place shall manipulate such a centrifugal machine to deter-
mine the composition or milk-fat content of milk or cream
as a basis for payment in buying or selling, without first
obtaining a certificate from the director or his duly desig-
nated deputy that he is competent to do such work. The
fee therefor shall be two dollars, and shall be paid to the
director. If a holder of a certificate is notified by the di-
rector, or by his duly designated deputy, to correct his use
of such a centrifugal machine, the actual cost of an inspec-
tion to ascertain if such person has corrected his use of the
said machine shall be paid by him or by his employer to the
director.
Section 4. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further
amended by striking out section twenty-nine and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 29. The director
shall test or cause to be tested all bottles, pipettes and other
measuring glasses or utensils submitted to him under section
twenty-five, and shall inspect or cause to be inspected at
least once each year each Babcock or other centrifugal ma-
chine used by an inspector of milk, or by a person in any
milk inspection laboratory, for purposes of inspection, or
by any person in any place to determine the composition
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 279. 281
or milk-fat content of milk or cream as a basis for payment
in buying or selling, and shall collect the fees or actual cost
of tests and inspections under this and the four preceding
sections. The director, his inspectors and deputies, may
enter upon premises where tests of milk or cream are made
in order to inspect any apparatus used in making such tests
and to ascertain whether this and the four preceding sections
are complied with.
Section 5. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further g. l. 94, new
amended by inserting after section twenty-nine the follow- ^fter°§'29.
ing new section : — Section 29 A . The director shall, after Director to
reasonable notice and a hearing, and with the approval .^^f ^jgui^J-ona
of the governor and council, prescribe, and may from time governing
to time in like manner modify or amend, rules and regula- ["equency of
tions to govern the methods and frequency of making tests ["|!'^j'g"|^*^^f^.
for determining the composition or milk-fat content of milk ing miik-fat
or cream as a basis for payment in buying or selling. The or"ertJim'!^etc.'^
director, his inspectors and deputies, may enter upon
premises where tests of milk or cream are made to determine
whether rules and regulations made hereunder are being
observed.
Section 6. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further g. l. 94. § 30,
amended by striking out section thirty and inserting in '^'"'^"ded.
place thereof the following : — Section SO. The director Director to
shall enforce sections twenty-five to thirty-one, inclusive, provbLirs*'*'"
and the rules and regulations made thereunder, and may Prosecution.
prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any person violating
any provision of said sections or of said rules and regulations.
Sections twenty-five to thirty-one, inclusive, and the rules Certain persons
and regulations made thereunder, shall not affect any prosecutron*°
person using any centrifugal or other machine or test to ^^^en.
determine the composition or milk-fat content of milk or
cream if such use or test is made for the information of such
person only, and not for purposes of inspection or as a
basis for payment in buying or selling.
Section 7. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further g. l. 94, § 31,
amended by striking out section thirty-one and inserting =^'"«^"^ed.
in place thereof the following : — Section 31 . Whoever Penalty for
hinders or obstructs the director, his inspector or deputy, in '"i'th officer,
the discharge of any authority or duty imposed upon him ® -o^tj^^ ^Tan
by any provision of sections twenty-five to thirty, inclusive, provision of
whoever violates any provision of said sections, and who- reiulaUons.
ever knowingly violates any provision of the rules and regu-
lations made thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not
less than fifteen nor more than fifty dollars.
Approved May 1, 1929.
282
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 280.
Chap. 280 An Act relative to the notification of voters whose
NAMES ARE OMITTED FROM THE ANNUAL REGISTER OF
VOTERS IN ANY YEAR, AND REQUIRING THAT LISTS OF SUCH
NAMES BE POSTED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE FOR
PUBLIC INSPECTION.
G. L.51, § 37,
etc., amended.
Registrars of
voters to pre-
pare annual
register, etc.
Arrangement.
Entries.
To make in-
quiries, inves-
tigations, etc.
To send notice
by first class
mail to voters
whose names
have not been
entered in an-
nual register.
To prepare list
of names of
voters not
entered, etc.
Not applicable
to certain cities
and towns.
1917 (G) 106,
§ 15, etc.,
amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, as
amended in section thirty-seven by section two of chapter
two hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one and by section twelve of chapter one hundred
and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, is hereby further amended bj^ striking out said section
thirty-seven and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 37. The registrars, after April first, shall prepare an
annual register containing the names of all qualified voters
in their city or town for the current year, beginning with
said day. Such names shall be arranged in alphabetical
order, and, opposite to the name of each voter, his residence
on April first preceding or on any subsequent day when he
became an inhabitant of the city or town. The registrars
shall enter in the annual register every name contained in
the lists transmitted to them by the assessors under section
five, which they can identify as that of a person whose name
was borne on the voting list of the city or town at the last
preceding election or town meeting, giving the residence of
each such person on April first, which, in the case of a person
assessed a poll tax, shall be the place at which he was so
assessed. They shall make all inquiries and investigations
necessary to identify such person, and they shall not enter
in the annual register the name of a person objected to by
any registrar until such person has been duly notified and
given an opportunity to be heard. They shall forthwith
enter in the annual register the name of every person whose
qualifications as a voter have been determined by them in
the current year and whose name has accordingly been
entered in the general register. They shall, on or before
the first Monday of August in each year, send notice in
writing to each voter of the preceding year whose name has
not been entered in the annual register of the current year
that the name of such voter has not been so entered, such
notice to be sent by first class mail enclosed in an envelope
bearing the proper address to which the same may be re-
turned in case of non-delivery, and the registrars shall pre-
pare a list of the names of voters not so entered, which shall
be open to public inspection in their principal office, or shall
be posted by copy in the places where copies of voting lists
are required to be posted under section fifty-seven of chapter
fifty-one. This section shall not apply to cities and towns
having listing boards.
Section 2. Chapter one hundred and six of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended in
section fifteen by section four of chapter eighty-four of the
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 280. 283
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section fifteen and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 15. The registrars Registrars of
of voters shall, after the first day of April in each year, pre- se"a "t? pf eparl'
pare an annual register containing the names of all qualified ^^^'^'^^ register,
voters in Chelsea for the current year, beginning with the """'
first day of April. The names shall be arranged by wards Arrangement.
and precincts and, opposite the name of each voter, shall be
entered his residence on the preceding first day of April or
any subsequent day when he became a resident of said city.
The registrars of voters shall enter in the annual register Entries.
every name contained in the lists, for the current year, of
persons transmitted to them by the listing board, giving, as
the residence of each person on the first day of April, the
place at which he was Hsted by said board; provided, that Proviso,
in every case they are able to identify the name so trans-
mitted as that of a man or woman whose name was borne
on the voting list of said city at the last preceding election.
They shall make all inquiries and investigations necessary To rnake in-
to identify such person, and they shall not enter in the in^vesttgaUons,
annual register the name of a person objected to by any of ^^'^■
the registrars of voters, until such person has been duly
notified and given an opportunity to be heard by them, and
shall have appeared and satisfied them of his right to have
his name so entered. They shall forthwith enter in the
annual register the name of every person whose qualifications
as a voter have been determined by them in the current
year and whose name has accordingly been entered in the
general register. They shall, on or before the first Monday To send notice
of August in each year, send notice in writing to each voter nmii to*^vJt?r8
of the preceding year whose name has not been entered in hl'vrnot been
the annual register of the current year that the name of entered in an-
such voter has not so been entered, such notice to be sent by ""^ register.
first class mail enclosed in an envelope bearing the proper
address to which the same may be returned in case of non-
delivery; and if upon investigation they are satisfied that
the name of any such voter has been omitted by mistake
from the lists transmitted to them by the fisting board, they
may enter his name in the annual register and shall cause
such entry to be attested by their clerk. The registrars shall ug" o^names
prepare a list of the names of voters not so entered, which of voters not
shall be open to pubhc inspection in their principal office, ^" '"^^ ' ^ "'
or shall be posted by copy in the places where copies of
voting lists are required to be posted under section fifty-
seven of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws.
Section 3. Chapter two hundred and eighty-two of the lois (G) 282,
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, as amended amended.
in section fifteen by section four of said chapter eighty-four
and as affected by chapter two hundred and thirty-nine of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section fifteen and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 15. The Board of eiec-
board of election commissioners shall, after the first day of sloners'Sf""^"
April in each year, prepare an annual register containing the Cambridge to
284
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 280.
prepare annual
register, etc.
Arrangement.
Entries.
Proviso.
To make in-
quiries and in-
vestigations,
etc.
To send notice
by first class
mail to voters
whose names
have not been
entered in an-
nual register.
To prepare list
of names of
voters not
entered, etc.
1919 (G) 108,
§ 15, etc.,
amended.
Registrars of
voters of
Watertown to
prepare annual
register, etc.
Arrangement.
names of all qualified voters in Cambridge for the current
year, beginning with the first day of April. The names
shall be arranged by wards and precincts and, opposite the
name of each voter, shall be entered his residence on the pre-
ceding first day of April or any subsequent day when he
became a resident of said city. The board of election com-
missioners shall enter in the annual register every name
contained in the lists, for the current year, of persons trans-
mitted to it by the listing board, giving, as the residence of
each person on the first day of April, the place at which he
was listed by said listing board; provided, that in every case
the board of election commissioners is able to identify the
name so transmitted as that of a man or woman whose name
was borne on the voting list of said city at the last preceding
election. The board shall make all inquiries and investiga-
tions necessary to identify such person, and it shall not enter
in the annual register the name of a person objected to by
any of its members, until such person has duly been notified
and given an opportunity to be heard by it, and shall have
appeared and satisfied it of his right to have his name so
entered. The board shall forthwith enter in the annual
register the name of every person whose qualifications as a
voter have been determined by it in the current year and
whose name has accordingly been entered in the general
register. The board shall, on or before the first Monday of
August in each year, send notice in writing to each voter of
the preceding year whose name has not been entered in the
annual register of the current year that the name of such
voter has not so been entered, such notice to be sent by first
class mail enclosed in an envelope bearing the proper ad-
dress to which the same may be returned in case of non-
delivery; and if upon investigation it is satisfied that the
name of any such voter has been omitted by mistake from
the lists transmitted to it by the listing board, it may enter
his name in the annual register and shall cause such entry
to be attested by its clerk. The board shall prepare a list
of the names of voters not so entered, which shall be open to
public inspection in its principal office, or shall be posted
by copy in the places where copies of voting lists are required
to be posted under section fifty-seven of chapter fifty-one of
the General Laws.
Section 4. Chapter one hundred and eight of the Gen-
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as amended in
section fifteen by section four of said chapter eighty-four, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section fifteen
and inserting in place thereof the following: — -Section 15.
The registrars of voters shall, after the first day of April in
each year, prepare an annual register containing the names
of all qualified voters in Watertown for the current year,
beginning with the first day of April. The names shall be
arranged by precincts and, opposite the name of each voter,
shall be entered his residence on the preceding first day of
April or any subsequent day when he became a resident of
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 280. 285
said town. The registrars of voters shall enter in the annual Entries.
register every name contained in the lists, for the current
year, of persons transmitted to them by the listing board,
giving, as the residence of each person on the first day of
April, the place at which he was listed by said board; pro- Proviso.
vided, that in every case they are able to identify the name
so transmitted as that of a man or woman whose name was
borne on the voting list of said town at the last preceding
election. They shall make all inquiries and investigations To make in-
necessary to identify such person, and they shall not enter iHvesttgations,
in the annual register the name of a person objected to by ^tc
any of the registrars of voters, until such person has been
duly notified and given an opportunity to be heard by them,
and shall have appeared and satisfied them of his right to
have his name so entered. They shall forthwith enter in
the annual register the name of every person whose quali-
fications as a voter have been determined by them in the
current year and whose name has accordingly been entered
in the general register. They shall, on or before the first To send^noUce
Monday of August in each year, send notice in writing to mail to voters
each voter of the preceding year whose name has not been haveVot blen
entered in the annual register of the current year that the ^^^^{^^ \^^^^'
name of such voter has not so been entered, such notice to
be sent by first class mail enclosed in an envelope bearing
the proper address to which the same may be returned in
case of non-delivery; and if upon investigation they are
satisfied that the name of any such voter has been omitted
by mistake from the lists transmitted to them by the listing
board, they may enter his name in the annual register and
shall cause such entry to be attested by their clerk. The To prepare list
registrars shall prepare a list of the names of voters not so vot"erfnot°
entered, which shall be open to public inspection in their entered, etc.
principal office, or shall be posted by copy in the places
where copies of voting lists are required to i3e posted under
section fifty-seven of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws.
Section 5. Section ten of chapter one hundred and fifty- 1920, 154, § 10,
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, inserted by '^'"°"
section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby amended
by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following : — The commission shall, on or before the Election com-
first Monday of August in each year, send notice in writing LoweiuC send
to each voter of the preceding year whose name has not "1°* g^^*^!! to^*^
been entered in the annual register of the current year that voters whose
the name of such voter has not so been entered, such notice "ot been^en-
to be sent by first class mail enclosed in an envelope bear- J:f f^J" e""""*'
ing the proper address to which the same may be returned in ^^ ^^ '^^^ j^^^
case of non-delivery, and the commission shall prepare a list of names of
of the names of voters not so entered, which shall be open entered'!°etc.
to public inspection in its principal office, or shall be posted
by copy in the places where copies of voting lists are required
to be posted under section fifty-seven of chapter fifty-one
of the General Laws.
286
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 281.
1913, 835, § 76,
etc., amended.
Election com-
missioners of
Boston to send
notice by first
class mail to
voters whose
names have
not been en-
tered in annual
register.
To prepare list
of names of
voters not
entered, etc.
Section 6. Section seventy-six of chapter eight hundred
and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen,
as most recently amended by section five of chapter one
hundred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out the
last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following : —
They shall, on or before the first Monday of August in each
year, send notice in writing to each voter of the preceding
year whose name has not been entered in the annual register
of the current year that the name of such voter has not been
so entered, such notice to be sent by first class mail enclosed
in an envelope bearing the proper address to which the
same may be returned in case of non-delivery, and they shall
prepare a list of the names of voters not so entered, which
shall be open to public inspection in their principal office,
or shall be posted by copy in the places where copies of
voting lists are required to be posted under section fifty-
seven of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws.
Approved May 1, 1929.
Chap. 281 An Act authorizing the first independent universalist
SOCIETY IN SPRINGFIELD TO MERGE IN AND UNITE WITH
THE THIRD CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY IN SPRINGFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The corporation established by chapter
sixty-seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and twenty-six,
under the name First Independent Universalist Society in
Springfield, is hereby authorized to merge in and unite with
the Third Congregational Society in Springfield, which was
duly incorporated under authority of chapter eighty-six of
the acts of eighteen hundred and eighteen, under the name
Second Congregational Society in the First Parish in Spring-
field, and the title of which was altered to its present form
under authority of chapter eighty-two of the acts of eighteen
hundred and nineteen.
Section 2. Upon the acceptance of this act by vote of
each of said corporations in accordance with law, duly
certified copies of such votes shall be filed in the Hampden
county registry of deeds and thereupon the persons who
are then members of the first named corporation shall become
members of said Third Congregational Society in Spring-
field, which shall thereafter have and enjoy all of the fran-
chises, powers, privileges and rights, including property
rights, of both of said corporations.
Section 3. The annual meetings of said Third Congre-
gational Society in Springfield shall be held at such times as
the corporation may by its by-laws determine, and it shall
also elect such trustees, standing committees and other
officers to serve for such periods of time as shall be provided
by said by-laws, Approved May 1, 1929,
First Inde-
pendent Uni-
versalist Society
in Springfield
may merge in
and unite with
the Third
Congregational
Society in
Springfield, etc.
Upon accept-
ance, etc.,
certified copies
of votes to be
filed in Hamp-
den county
registry of
deeds, etc.
Annual meet-
ings, trustees,
etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 282, 283. ^S7
An Act authorizing the city of melrose to borrow Chav. 2S2
MONEY for school PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing school City of^Meirose
buildings, and/or additions to existing school buildings money for
where such additions increase the floor space of said build- ^° °° p"'"p°^^^-
ings, and originally equipping and furnishing such new
buildings and/or additions, and/or acquiring land for school
purposes, the city of Melrose may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the ag-
gregate, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Melrose School Loan, Act of 1929. Each au- MeiroseSchooi
thcrized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such }^9°29"' ^""^ °^
loi.ns shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of
such authorized issue is voted for the- same purpose to be
raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory hmit, but shall, except as provided herein, be
subject to chapter fortj^-four of the General Laws, exclusive
of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 3, 1929.
Chap.2S3
An Act relative to the filling in certain cases of
vacancies caused by the withdrawal or death of
candidates of political parties nominated by direct
nomination.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter fifty-three of the General Laws is hereby amended ^^^^fg^^ ^ ^*'
by striking out section fourteen and inserting in place
thereof the ioWowins,: — Section lA. If a candidate nomi- Filling in cer-
. rr-Tic 11 <• tain cases oi va-
nated for a state, city or town oince dies before the day of cancies caused
election, or withdraws his name from nomination, or is found or^d^'thlT^^'
ineligible, the vacancy, except for city offices where city '^o"i^|^ai*'^arties
charters provide otherwise, may be filled by the same po- nominated by
litical , party or persons who made the original nomination, uon!*ete.'""^^"
and in the same manner; or, if the time is insufficient there-
for, the vacancy may be filled, if the nomination was made
by a convention or caucus, in such manner as the convention
or caucus may have prescribed, or, if no such provision has
been made, by a regularly elected general or executive com-
mittee representing the poHtical party or persons who held
such convention or caucus. In the event of the withdrawal
or death of any candidate of a political party nominated by
288 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 284.
direct nomination for any office, the vacancy may be filled
by a regularly elected general or executive committee rep-
resenting the election district in which such vacancy occurs,
or, if no such committee exists by the members of the town
committee in any town comprising such district, by the
members of the ward committee or committees in the ward
or wards comprising such district if within the limits of a
single city, or by delegates chosen as hereinafter provided
by and from the members of the ward and town committees
in the wards and towns comprising such district if within
the limits of more than one municipality, at a meeting to
be called by such a member or delegate, as the case may be,
designated by the chairman of the state committee, and
such member or delegate shall preside until a chairman of
such meeting is elected. Each ward and town committee
in the wards and towns comprising such a district within the
limits of more than one municipality shall, as occasions arise,
choose from its members delegates to fill vacancies as here-
inbefore provided, in such manner as it may determine by
its rules and regulations, to a number not exceeding one
for each five hundred votes, or fraction thereof, cast in its
ward or town for the candidate of the party for governor at
the last state election, and shall forthwith notify the state
secretary of the delegates so chosen. If a vacancy is caused
■ by withdrawal, certificates of nomination made otherwise
than in the original manner shall be filed within seventy-
two week day hours in the case of state offices, or within
forty-eight week day hours in the case of city or town
offices, succeeding five o'clock in the afternoon of the last
Objections, etc. ^jg^y f^j. fjii^g withdrawals. They shall be open to objec-
tions in the same manner, so far as practicable, as other
certificates of nomination. No vacancy caused by with-
drawal shall be filled before the withdrawal has been filed.
Approved May 3, 1929.
Chap. 2S4: An Act providing for a state fire patrol in certain
COUNTIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L.^48, new Chapter forty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended
ifter^us. by inserting after section twenty-eight the following new
state forester scctlou I — Sectton 28 A . Upon written application of the
flJr a statue' fi^re couuty commissiouers of any county which accepts this
P„^;i'"°'J,tl,?fl" section by vote of said commissioners, the state forester
may appoint additional temporary officers in the division
of forestry or detail assistants to the state fire warden to
such number as may be necessary, who shall patrol the
forests in the towns of such county, during those seasons of
the year when forest fires are likely to occur therein for the
Reimburse- purposc of detecting and preventing such fires. One half
Sonw^ith™' of the money expended under the provisions of this section
in any county shall be repaid to the commonwealth by said
county. Approved May 3, 1929.
tain counties.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 285, 286. 289
An Act relative to the compensation of auditors PhQ^y 285
AND special masters IN CERTAIN CASES. '^"
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: ^
Section 1. Section sixty-two of chapter two hundred g. l. 221, § 62,
and twenty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended by ^^^^ ^ '
adding at the end thereof the words : — ■ , except as pro-
vided in section sixty-two A, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 62. Auditors, masters in chancery and special fuXors"^
masters shall file their final report in the office of the clerk masters,' etc.
of the court by which they are appointed within ninety
days after the hearing before them has been closed or within
such time as the court may allow, and, in default thereof,
shall not be entitled to any fees, except as provided in section
sixty-two A.
Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and twenty-one is g.l. 221, new
hereby amended by inserting after said section sixty-two |^^*|°" •'^f^^''
the following new section: — Section 62 A. If an auditor or compensation
special master, appointed by the supreme judicial, superior "^eJ-f/^X'^s^'eTs
or probate court, becomes incapacitated or dies without incertain'cases.
having filed his final report, the court may award him or his
estate reasonable compensation, payable by the county,
upon a finding that he actually performed services which
would entitle him to the compensation awarded had he filed
a report as provided in section sixty-two; provided, that Proviso.
all his records and memoranda, or copies thereof, in the case
in which compensation is sought, are filed with the clerk
of the court.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on September first Effective
in the current year and shall apply to cases then pending ^^*®'®*^*=-
and to cases disposed of within two years prior thereto, as
well as to cases thereafter instituted.
Approved May 3, 1929.
Chap. 286
An Act relative to the height of buildings on land
abutting on st. james avenue betw^een clarendon
and dartmouth streets in the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The provisions of section one of chapter four hundred and Height of buiid-
fifty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight affutun/on st.
prescribing a height limit for buildings on land abutting on i'Xween'"^"^'^
St. James avenue between Clarendon and Dartmouth streets clarendon and
in the city of Boston shall apply only to any portion of a streys"in city
building within one hundred feet of said St. James avenue; of Boston.
and in case any building on land abutting on said St. James
avenue between said Clarendon and Dartmouth streets
extends more than one hundred feet from said St. James
avenue, the height of any part thereof on land more than
one hundred feet from said St. James avenue shall not ex-
ceed that permitted for a separate building on such land.
Approved May 4, 1929.
290
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 287.
Chap. 2S7 An Act to provide for the more effective enforce-
ment OF THE SALE OF SECURITIES ACT.
' Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 25, new
sections.
Securities
Division.
Director, ap
pointment,
term, com-
pensation.
Functions
of division.
Assistants, etc.
For certain
purposes, di-
rector to be
Section 1. Chapter twenty- five of the General Laws is
hereby amended by adding thereto, under the heading,
Securities Division, the following two new sections: —
Section 12 A. There shall be in the department, and under
its general supervision and control, a securities division
which shall be under the charge of a director. The com-
mission, with the approval of the governor and council,
shall appoint said director for a term of five years, and fix
his compensation. The commission, with like approval,
or the governor, may remove said director at any time for
cause. Said division shall perform such of the functions in
relation to the administration and enforcement of chapter
one hundred and ten A imposed upon the commission by
said chapter as the commission may from time to time
determine by order duly recorded in the office of the com-
mission and open to public inspection. The commission
may employ such assistants and employees to serve in said
division as may be necessary. Section 12B. For the pur-
poses of section five A, the said director shall be deemed a
m^tSoner TtT' commissioncr of the department; for the purposes of section
seven of chapter one hundred and ten A, an order or finding
by said director, or his failure or refusal to make an order
or finding, shall be deemed an order, finding, failure or re-
fusal by the commission; and for purposes of service of
process under section eight of said chapter and of signing
the certificate under paragraph (c) of section eleven thereof,
said director shall be deemed the secretary of the commis-
sion. Section fourteen of said chapter shall apply to wit-
nesses before the said director.
G. L. 110 A. §2, Section 2. Subdivision (a) of section two of chapter one
Imel'de?" *"'' huudrcd and ten A of the General Laws, inserted by section
one of chapter four hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby amended by
adding thereto the following: — and also, in so far as de-
termined by the commission under section twelve A of said
chapter, the securities division or its director, established
*j Commission," by Said scctiou, — so as to read as follows: — (a) "Com-
mission", the commission supervising and controlling the
department of public utilities under chapter twenty-five and
also, in so far as determined by the commission under section
twelve A of said chapter, the securities division or its di-
rector, established by said section.
Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and ten A is
hereby further amended by inserting after section six the
following new section: — Section 6 A. The commission may
also require any person offering any security for sale, or the
directors, trustees or corresponding officers of the corpora-
tion, association, trust, or other body issuing the security,
definition.
G. L. 110 A,
new section
after § 6.
Commission
may require
certain periodic
statements to
be filed, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 288. 291
the sale of which is otherwise lawful under this chapter, to
file, in such form as it may from time to time prescribe,
periodic statements verified by oath of the person or officers
subscribing and filing the same and of a reputable account-
ant, or, in lieu of such oath, verified by the written decla-
ration of such person or officers and accountant that such
statements are made under the penalties of perjury, showing
the financial condition of such person, corporation, associa-
tion, trust or other body and such further information and
data as the commission may deem advisable. Failure to Failure to file
file such statements or to submit such information and data be^juTcaus°e
within the time specified shall be just cause for the making ^2[e^J}''s'g"f,r^''*
by the commission of a finding to the effect that the sale ties is fraud-
of such securities is fraudulent or would result in fraud, ^^ent, etc.
Such a finding shall have the same effect as if made under
section six.
Section 4. This act shall become operative on September when operative.
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
Approved Mmj 4, 1929.
An Act relative to the improvement of low land (7/ia7?.288
AND SWAMPS AND THE ERADICATION OF MOSQUITOES.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in part, ^^l^^^^^fj^^
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fifty-two of the ^^i.\^^;^lJ^
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section one,
as appearing in section one of chapter four hundred and
fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
and as amended by section one of chapter three hundred
and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section improvernent
Ti. ■ • ci/-<\ji- n J of low land
1. If it IS necessary or useful (1) to dram or now a meadow, andswamps.
swamp, marsh, beach or other low land held by two or more
proprietors, or (2) to remove obstructions in rivers or streams
leading thereto or therefrom, or (3) to eradicate mosquitoes
in any area infested thereby, inchiding, in respect to each
such purpose, purposes incidental thereto, such improve-
ments may be made as provided in the following eighteen
sections, except as hereinafter otherwise provided.
Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-two is ^.l. 252 new
hereby further amended by inserting after section four, ap-
pearing as aforesaid, the following new section: — Section 4A. ^edtTany
The commonwealth, acting through one or more state de- ^,'^3^;.;*°'^^°''
partments, or through the metropolitan district commission be parties to
in respect to the metropolitan parks or water district or un°dwtu V
either metropolitan sewerage district, and any city, town or 1^ ^^^^f^^'^'-^^^;
district, or any combination thereof, to the extent of their as individual
ownership of any area described in section one, may be p^'oprx^tors.
292
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 288.
May institute
proceedings in
certain cases.
Petition, etc.
Action, by
wliom taken.
Notice of
hearing, etc.
Appropria-
tions, etc.
G. L. 252, new-
section
after § 5.
State reclama-
tion board to
notif.v persons
and bodies
politic to be
benefited, of
estimated ex-
pense of pro-
posed improve-
ments, etc.
Deposit of
Hioney, etc.
Appointment
of commis-
sioners to make
improvements,
etc.
parties, in their proprietary capacity, to proceedings under
sections one to fourteen C, inclusive, in respect to any pur-
pose set forth in said section one, to the same extent as in-
dividual proprietors. Said bodies politic, or any combina-
tion thereof, may also institute proceedings under said
sections in their governmental capacity, in any case where
it appears that the public health, safety or convenience will
be promoted by improvements to effect any of said purposes,
but in such proceedings no district shall be organized, and
the improvements shall be constructed and maintained as
provided in section five A. The petition in such a proceed-
ing need cover only matters pertinent to the project therein
set forth, and the provisions of section five requiring that
the petitioners constitute a majority ownership of the lands
affected shall not apply to such petition. Individuals and
corporations qualifying as proprietors may join in any peti-
tion authorized in this section. Action by any such body
politic hereunder shall be taken by the administrative head
of the state department or commission, or by the mayor,
selectmen, or prudential committee or other governing body,
as the case may be. Notice of the hearing before said board
on such a petition shall be given as provided in the first
paragraph of section five to all petitioners and to the ad-
ministrative heads of such state departments and com-
missions, mayors of such cities, selectmen of such towns,
and the prudential committees or other governing bodies
of such distiicts, as the said board may determine, and to
all other known proprietors of lands to be affected by such
improvements. Cities, towns and districts are hereby au-
thorized to raise and appropriate money for such purposes.
Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-two is
hereby further amended by inserting after section five, ap-
pearing as aforesaid, the following new section: — Section 5 A.
If the board determines that the proposed improvements
should be undertaken and that their construction and
maintenance may be effected without the formation of a dis-
trict, and in every such case where the board is petitioned
by a body politic in its governmental capacity under section
four A, it shall notify all persons and bodies politic to be
benefited thereby of the estimated expense of constructing
the proposed improvements, including land damages, if any,
and of the maintenance thereof. Upon receipt of sums of
money sufficient to cover such estimated construction ex-
pense, or of any money which can be used for such purposes
to the advantage of the contributors, the board shall desig-
nate an identifying name under which said improvements
shall be made and shall deposit the money so received with
the state treasurer, who shall hold such money in a special
fund or funds for such purpose, and shall disburse the same
on warrants drawn by the board. The board shall there-
upon issue a certificate appointing one or more commis-
sioners, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of
their duties, and shall authorize said commissioners to
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 288. 293
proceed to make the improvements, which may be made at
such places, either within or without the commonwealth,
as may be necessary or convenient to make the improve-
ments effective; and said commissioners shall thereupon
proceed so to do. The board shall fix the compensation of ^"JJ^'^gt"®^'
said commissioners and shall allow them their necessary
travel and other expenses necessarily incurred in the per-
formance of their duties. Such compensation and expenses
shall constitute a part of the expense of making and main-
taining such improvements. Any commissioner may be re- Removal for
moved by the board for cause and the board may fill va- ''''"^®' ^^''■
cancies. The board may discharge the commissioners when
the improvements are completed and may appoint others
to care for maintenance. Any excess funds received under Excess funds
authority of this section shall be returned to the contributors etc.^"^^ ^"^
thereof in proportion to the contributions. If the sums so Board to notify
estimated are not sufficient to complete such improvements, trlbiito'rs o?"
the board shall determine the amount of the estimated additional cost
additional cost thereof and shall notify the original con- sums'are^fn-
tributors of their shares of such additional cost. The board sufficient, etc.
shall instruct the commissioners not to continue with such
improvements until such additional funds are received by the
board, and such commissioners, after receipt of such instruc-
tions, shall incur no further expense in connection with such
improvements until authorized so to do by the board. If one
or more, but less than all, of several petitioners provide their
respective proportions of the fund estimated as necessary to
make such improvements, the board may appoint com-
missioners to make such portion of such improvements as, in
its opinion, will benefit the contributors. For the purpose Powers of
of effecting such improvements and providing for their missk>nMlTta'
maintenance as provided in this section, the board shall have
all the powers conferred by sections two, three, four, five,
except the last paragraph thereof, and eight, and the com-
missioners by it appointed shall have all the powers con-
ferred upon district commissioners under sections twelve
and thirteen, provided that in taking by eminent domain or Proviso,
acquiring by purchase, gift or otherwise, land or other prop-
erty or any interest therein, the commissioners so appointed
shall take or acquire the same in the name and on behalf
of the city or town wherein the land or other property or
interests are situated, but not until such city or town has duly
authorized such taking, has assumed all liability for damages
therefor and has complied with all provisions of law appli-
cable to land takings by cities or towns. All amounts for
which a city or town may be liable hereunder, together with
interest and costs, may be contributed by persons or bodies
politic benefited by such improvements in proportion to their
respective benefits or otherwise.
Section 4. Section eight of said chapter two hundred ^c.^amended.
and fifty-two, appearing as aforesaid and as amended by
section six of said chapter three hundred and ninety-three,
is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence.
294 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 289.
?ecti6n^^' ^^^ Section 5. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-two is
after § 14B. hereby further amended by inserting after section fourteen
Penalty for B, appearing as aforesaid, the following new section: — Sec-
tniuli^gany^ tioTi l\C. Whoevcr obstructs or injures any ditch, tide gate,
structure, etc. (j^j^g gr othcr structuro constructed or used for any purpose
authorized by any provision of sections one to fourteen B,
inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten
of^dama^es dollars. The state reclamation board may also recover,
in the name of the commonwealth, for any such obstruction
or injury, in an action of contract, the amount of the dam-
ages sustained by reason thereof, and the provisions of sec-
tion five A, relative to the disposition of money therein re-
ferred to, shall govern the disposition of money I'ecovered
in such action.
G. L 40, § 5 Section 6. Section five of chapter forty of the General
e c, amen e . j^^^g^ ^g uiost recently amended by chapter one hundred and
towns may eight of the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended
mo^neyVor^ by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: —
improvement (36) For the improvement of low lands and swamps and
of low lands ,1 tj.- c -x "JJ-I-xj.
and swamps the eradication of mosquitoes, as provided m chapter two
er^adka'tfon hundred and fifty-two. Approved May 6, 1929.
of mosquitoes.
Chap. 2S9 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to borrow an
ADDITIONAL SUM OF MONEY FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
ma'^ borrow" SECTION 1. For the purpose of constructing an eastern
an additional scnior high school buildiug and of originally equipping and
for"se°niM'high fumishing said building, the city of Lynn may borrow
school purposes, from time to time, within five years from the passage of this
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding^ in the
aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars, in addition to
the sums authorized by chapter one hundred and eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on their face
Lynn Eastern the words, Lyuu Eastcm Senior High School Loan, Act of
schoo'i Loan, 1929. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
Act of 1929. Jqqjj ^j^j-j gyg]^ loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen
years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under
this act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten
per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same pur-
pose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit but shall, except as herein provided, be sub-
ject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive
of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 7, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 290, 291, 292. 295
An Act reviving thomas d. gard company, incorporated. C}ia7).290
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
great inconvenience and expense, therefore it is hereby de- preamble.
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Thomas D. Gard Company, Incorporated, a corporation Thomas d.
dissolved by chapter two hundred and seventy-three of the ^fco'^S-ated?^'
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby re- revived.
vived with the same powers, duties and obligations as if said
chapter had not been passed. Approved May 7, 1929.
An Act extending further the duration of a law pro- QJidj) 291
VIDING FOR THE TRIAL OR DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL ^'
CASES BY DISTRICT COURT JUDGES SITTING IN THE SU-
PERIOR COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter four hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of nine- 1923, 469. § 5,
teen hundred and twenty-three, as amended by chapter four ''^''- '"^^'"^'"^■
hundred and eighty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, by chapter two hundred and eighty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, by chapter two
hundred and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven and by section one of chapter three hundred Duration of
and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty- 'j't^^'of^ceS
eight, is hereby further amended by striking out section five criminal cases
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 5. courttudges
This act shall not be operative after December thirty-first, ^ij*J'e"foi."court,
nineteen hundred and thirty-two. extended.
Approved May 7, 1929.
An Act exempting from the inheritance tax certain Chap. 292
INTERESTS IN MASSACHUSETTS REAL ESTATE OWNED BY
non-resident DECEDENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter sixty-five of the o. l. 65, § 1.
General Laws, as most recently amended by section one of ^^°' '^n^ended.
chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "commonwealth" in the seventh
line the following: — except such an interest in such real
estate as is represented by a mortgage or by a transferable
certificate of participation or share of an association, part-
nership or trust, — so that the first paragraph will read as
ioWows: — Section 1. All property within the jurisdiction Taxation of
of the commonwealth, corporeal or incorporeal, and any gu^cces'sloTs'^
interest therein, belonging to inhabitants of the common- including tan-
wealth, and all real estate or any interest therein and all prope?tTof"'^
296
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non-resident
decedents.
Exemption.
To what estates
applicable.
tangible personal property within the commonwealth be-
longing to persons who are not inhabitants of the common-
wealth except such an interest in such real estate as is rep-
resented by a mortgage or by a transferable certificate of
participation or share of an association, partnership or trust,
which shall pass by will, or by laws regulating intestate
succession, or by deed, grant or gift, except in cases of a
bona fide purchase for full consideration in money or money's
worth, made in contemplation of the death of the grantor
or donor or made or intended to take effect in possession or
enjoyment after his death, and any beneficial interest therein
which shall arise or accrue by survivorship in any form of
joint ownership in which the decedent joint owner con-
tributed during his life any part of the property held in such
joint ownership or of the purchase price thereof, to any
person, absolutely or in trust, except to or for the use of
charitable, educational or religious societies or institutions,
the property of which is by the laws of the commonwealth
exempt from taxation, or for or upon trust for any charitable
purposes to be carried out within the commonwealth, or to
or for the use of the commonwealth or any town therein for
pubhc purposes, shall be subject to a tax at the percentage
rates fixed by the following table:
Section 2. This act shall apply to estates of persons
dying on or after December first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight. Approved May 7, 1929.
Town of Ber-
nardston may
borrow money
for town hall
purposes.
Bernardston
Town Hall
Loan, Act
of 1929.
C/ia».293 An Act authorizing the town of bernardston to bor-
row MONEY FOR TOWN HALL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of repairing and remodeling
its town hall and of refurnishing and reequipping the same,
the town of Bernardston may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessarj^, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, twenty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Bernardston
Town Hall Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in
not more than ten years from their dates, but no issue shall
be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be within the statutory limit and shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the first para-
graph of section seven thereof as revised by chapter three
hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 8, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 294. 297
An Act amending the charter of the city of melrose. Chav.294:
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section thirty-three of chapter one hundred amended ^ ^^'
and sixty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine
is hereby amended by striking out, in the last hne, the words
"end of the municipal year" and inserting in place thereof
the following: — first Monday in January following the
next regular municipal election; and if there would be a
vacancy on said first Monday, it shall be filled at such regu-
lar municipal election for the balance of the unexpired
term, — so as to read as follows: — Section 33. The school ofThoois'in''"*
committee shall on the first Monday in' June, or as soon city of Melrose,
thereafter as may be, choose by vote of a majority of its etc! '"'*' ^^^'
members, but not from its number, a superintendent of
schools, who shall be under its direction and control. Such
superintendent shall hold office until the close of the school
year next ensuing or until his successor is chosen and quali-
fied, unless sooner removed, and he may be removed at any
time by the school committee by vote of two thirds of all
its members. The school committee, so far as appropri- School com-
11 c 1 1 1 1 c 1 1 1 11 mittee, powers,
ations are made therefor by the board of aldermen, shall duties, etc.
have full power and authority to furnish all school buildings
with proper fixtures, furnishings and equipments. It may
also appoint janitors and all officers and employees con-
nected with the schools, fix their compensation, make rules
concerning their tenure of office, and discharge them at its
pleasure. The school committee shall in case of a vacancy vacancy.
in its number forthwith notify the board of aldermen, and
the board of aldermen shall call a joint convention of the
members thereof and of the school committee, and at such
convention the vacancy shall by vote of a majority of all the
members of the two bodies be filled until the first Monday
in January following the next regular municipal election;
and if there would be a vacancy on said first Monday, it
shall be filled at such regular municipal election for the
balance of the unexpired term.
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and sixty-two, as isqq, 162, § 36,
amended in section thirty-six by section one of chapter one ^tc amended.
hundred and forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty and by section one of chapter seventy-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section thirty-six and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 36. There Departments
shall be the following departments and oflicers: — ^""^ °"^'="''-
I. The assessing department, to be under the charge of Assessing
,-, •, ^ ,. department.
the board oi assessors.
II. The charity department, to be under the charge of charity
, , , 1 p , , .'' {> ° department.
the board of public welfare.
III. The health department, to be under the charge of Health
,11 J r 1- 1J.U department.
the board oi health.
298
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Law de-
partment.
Fire de-
partment.
Police de-
partment.
Public works
department.
Public library
department.
Cemetery
department.
Memorial
building
department.
City clerk
department.
Treasury
department.
Collecting
department.
Auditing
department.
Park de-
partment.
Executive
departments.
IV. The law department, to be under the charge of the
city solicitor.
V. The fire department, to be under the charge of the
chief of the fire department.
VI. The police department, to be under the charge of
the captain of police.
VII. The public works department, to be under the
charge of an official who shall be known as the engineer and
superintendent of public works. He shall have charge of
the design, construction, alteration, repair, maintenance
and management of the water works, the public sewers and
drains, the public ways, sidewalks and bridges, and the
lighting and watering thereof, and also the public buildings,
excepting the soldiers and sailors memorial building and
excepting such duties with reference to the school buildings
as are now conferred by law and this act upon the school
committee. He shall make and have the custody of all
plans, surveys, measurements and levels appertaining to
the public ways, drains, sewers, water works and lands, and
shall perform such other duties as the board of aldermen
may prescribe. Subject to the approval of the mayor he
shall appoint an assistant superintendent in the water de-
partment, an assistant superintendent in the sewer depart-
ment, and such other assistants as the condition of the
work may require.
VIII. The public library department, to be under the
charge of the trustees of the public library.
IX. The cemetery department, to be under the charge
of a cemetery committee, to consist of three persons, which
shall have control of all matters pertaining to public ceme-
teries and burial grounds.
X. The memorial building department, to be under the
charge of the trustees of the soldiers and sailors memorial
building.
XI. The city clerk department, to be under the charge
of the city clerk.
XII. The treasury department, to be under the charge
of the city treasurer.
XIII. The collecting department, to be under the charge
of the city collector.
XIV. The auditing department, to be under the charge
of the city auditor.
XV. The park department, to be under the charge of the
board of park commissioners appointed under and subject
to the provisions of section two of chapter forty-five of the
General Laws, which shall, in addition to the powers and
duties conferred and imposed upon it by general law, have
charge of the design, construction, alteration, repair, mainte-
nance, and management of the public parks, squares and
playgrounds, and the lighting and watering thereof.
The departments provided for in the first ten clauses of
this section shall be executive departments, and the heads
thereof shall be executive officers.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 295. 299
Section 3. Section forty-eight of said chapter one hun- i899, i62, § 48,
died and sixty-two is hereby amended by striking out, in the ^'"«"''''^-
eighth and ninth lines, the words "one hundred" and in-
serting in place thereof the words: — ten per cent of the, —
and by striking out, in the fifteenth line, the word "annual"
and inserting in place thereof the word: — biennial, — so as
to read as follows: — Section A8. No vote of the board of Question of
,1 ji-- • c T ^ 1 ^ authorization
aldermen authorizmg an issue oi bonds or a permanent loan, of issue of
except for the purpose of refunding or renewing, replacing or ^Ty^'be sib*-"
paying any portion of the municipal indebtedness, shall be- mitted to vot-
come operative until after the expiration of a period of thirty cases" etc.^*°
days from the day of the final passage of said vote by the
board of aldermen, and its approval by the mayor. If
within said period of thirty days a petition of ten per cent
of the legal voters of the city shall be filed with the city
clerk, asking that the question of the authorization of
such issue or loan be submitted to the voters of the city at
large, the city clerk shall transmit such petition to the board
of aldermen, and said question shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the city voting at large in their respective
voting places at the next biennial municipal election. A
special election for voting upon said question may however
be called by vote of two thirds of the board of aldermen,
with the approval of the mayor. If the act of the mayor
and aldermen authorizing such issue or loan be approved
by a majority of the legal voters of the city voting upon the
question such act shall at once become operative; but if
not so approved such act shall have no effect. If such
petition be not filed within said period of thirty days the act
of the mayor and aldermen authorizing such issue or loan
shall become operative upon the expiration of said period.
Nothing in this section shall apply to debts incurred for
temporary loans made under authority of statute.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
during the current year by vote of the city council of said ^Uy council,
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved May 8, 1929.
An Act providing for the reconstruction and mainte- QJi^rt 295
NANCE OF BASS RIVER BRIDGE ON BRIDGE STREET IN THE
CITY OF BEVERLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of Essex county
Essex, subject to all general laws that may be apphcable, mayrecon-
and to the approval of the appropriate federal authority, River bridge
are hereby authorized to reconstruct the Bass River bridge ^^ ^^^'^^p*'^^^^
and draw therein on Bridge street in the city of Beverly, Beverly.
including the approaches thereto, of such type and dimen-
sions as they may determine but of a width not less than
the present width of such bridge and approaches.
Section 2. The cost and expenses incurred under this Limitation as
act shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five *° ''°^*"
300
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 295.
County treas-
urer may
borrow money,
issue notes, etc.
Detailed, cer-
tified statement
of actual cost
and expenses
to be filed, etc.
Apportionment
and assessment
upon Essex
County and
city of
Beverly, etc.
Issue of warrant
against city of
Beverly upon
failure to pay,
etc.
County treas-
urer may
borrow money,
issue bonds, etc,
thousand dollars and shall be paid in the first instance by
the county of Essex. The treasurer of said county, with the
approval of the county commissioners, may borrow by a
temporary loan or loans on the credit of the county such
sums, not exceeding the said amount, as may from time
to time be required to meet such cost and expenses, includ-
ing interest, and may issue notes of the county therefor bear-
ing interest or discounted as may be deemed advisable, and
the said treasurer may sell such notes at public or private sale
upon such terms and conditions as the county commissioners
may deem proper. The notes may be renewed from time to
time for such periods as may be necessary. All money so
borrowed shall be deposited in the county treasury, and the
county treasurer shall pay out the same as ordered by the
county commissioners and shall keep a separate and accurate
account of all moneys so borrowed and expended, including
interest or discount, as the case may be.
Section 3. From time to time and upon completion of
such work, the said county commissioners shall file in the
office of the clerk of the courts for said county a detailed
statement, certified under their hands, of the amount of
the actual cost and expenses incurred in doing the said work,
including interest or discount, as the case may be, on all
monies borrowed under section two, and not theretofore
included in any statement previously so filed, and within
three months after the filing of any such statement, they shall,
after such notice as they deem proper, and a hearing, ap-
portion and assess upon said county an amount equal to
forty per cent of such cost and expenses and upon the city
of Beverly the balance thereof. The county commissioners
shall file in the office of the said clerk of the courts a report
of the apportionment and the clerk shall, within seven days
thereafter, transmit a true and attested copy thereof to the
treasurer of the said city, and said city shall pay its propor-
tion of said cost and expenses, determined by the county
commissioners as aforesaid, into the treasury of the said
county, within such time as the county commissioners may
direct but not later than ninety days after the date of filing
of said report, together with interest thereon at six per cent
per annum from the last mentioned date. If the city shall
neglect or refuse to pay its proportion as aforesaid, the said
county commissioners shall, after notice to it, issue a warrant
against it for such proportion with interest from the date
last mentioned, together with the cost of the notice and
warrant, and the same shall be collected and paid into the
treasury of said county to be applied in payment of such
cost and expenses or in payment of the temporary loan or
loans issued by the county under section two.
Section 4. For the purpose of paying the county's
ultimate share of said cost and expenses, the county treas-
urer, with the approval of the county commissioners, may
borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding in the aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, and
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 295. 301
may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall Ess'lx^^Ba^
bear on their face the words, County of Essex, Bass River RiverBridge
Bridge Loan, Act of 1929. l^o"'^''"^
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Loans, when
such loans shall be payable in not more than ten years from payable, etc.
their dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the
treasurer of the county and countersigned by a majority of
the county commissioners. The county may sell the said
securities at public or private sale upon such terms and
conditions as the county commissioners may deem proper,
but not for less than their par value. Indebtedness in-
curred by said county hereunder shall, except as herein pro-
vided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.
For the purpose of paying any amount assessed upon the city of Beverly
city of Beverly under section three, said city may borrow money?7ssue
from time to time such sums as may be necessary, not ex- bonds, etc.
ceeding in the aggregate seventy-five thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words. City of Beverly, Bass River Bridge Loan, city of Beverly,
Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall constitute a Brfdg^lLoIn,
separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more ^^t of 1929. '
than ten years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred by
said city hereunder shall be outside the statutory limit, but
shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws. The proceeds of loans issued by
said city shall be paid into the county treasury of said
county and, together with the proceeds of loans issued by
said county under this section, shall be appHed to meet
temporary loans of said county issued in accordance with
section two or to pay said cost and expenses.
Section 5. The expense of maintaining said bridge Maintenance
shall, in the first instance, be paid out of the treasury of the °^ bndge, etc.
county of Essex. The county commissioners of said county
shall maintain said bridge and the said city shall operate
the same. Said county commissioners shall annually, in
the month of November, submit to the treasurer of the said
city a true statement of the expense of maintenance of the
said bridge, and within thirty days thereafter the said city
shall pay into the treasury of the said county the amount of
said expenses. If the said city neglects or refuses to pay issue of warrant
the said expenses as aforesaid, the said commissioners shall, B^everiy°upon
after due notice to it, issue a warrant for the same, with pay^^c**
interest and cost of the notice and warrant, and the same
shall be collected and paid into the treasury of said county
to be applied in reimbursing said county for expenses in-
curred by the county as aforesaid.
Section 6. The county commissioners, acting in the County com-
name and on behalf of said city, may purchase, or take by may'take^
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General '""'^' ^^°-
Laws, such lands and such rights and easements in land in
said city, as may be required to carry out the purposes of
this act. All expenditures made under authority of this
section, including land damages, shall be included as a part
302
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 296, 297.
Effective upon
acceptance, etc.
of the cost and expenses of reconstructing said bridge and
its approaches.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,
during the current year, by the county commissioners of
said county. Approved May 8, 1929.
Chap.29Q An Act authorizing the town of great barrington to
BORROW MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a central
heating and ventilating plant for the Searles, Bryant and
McTigue school buildings in the town of Great Barrington
and of meeting the expenses incident to the installation of
such plant, vSaid town may borrow from time to time, within
a period of five years from the passage of this act, such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, twenty-
five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes there-
for, which shall bear on their face the words, Great Barring-
ton School Loan, Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in
not more than five years from their dates, but no issue shall
be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than twenty per cent of such authorized issue is
voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of
the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be inside the statutory limit, and shall, except
as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof as revised by chapter
three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 9, 1929.
Town of Great
Barrington may
borrow money
for school
purposes.
Great Barring-
ton School
Loan, Act
of 1929.
Chap. 297 An Act to provide for the construction of a vehicular
tunnel between boston proper and east boston.
Transit de-
partment of
city of Boston
to construct
vehicular tun-
nel under
Boston harbor
from point in
Boston proper
to East Boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L The city of Boston, hereinafter called the
city, acting by the transit department of the city of Boston,
hereinafter called the department, shall proceed with the
laying out and construction of a tunnel which shall consist
of two or more roadways or lanes for vehicular traffic con-
tained in one or two tubes, with or without physical con-
nection, under Boston harbor from a convenient point or
points in Boston proper to a convenient point or points in
that part of the city known as East Boston, and with the
laying out and construction of all facilities and appurte-
nances incidental thereto, including plazas and street ap-
proaches extending not more than one thousand feet from
the tunnel entrances or exits as the department shall deem
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 297. 303
necessary and desirable to facilitate the movement of traffic
entering and leaving the tunnel. The word "tunnel" as Word "tunnel"
used in this act shall connote the plural in so far as it may con- p'lura'i^'etc ^^^
sist of two tubes with or without physical connection.
Section 2. The department shall immediately after the Department to
effective date of this act make such preliminary investiga- ™nry Pnveg'^i-
tions, surveys and plans as it may deem expedient and to g^tions, etc.
that end the department, its employees or any other parties May enter upon
acting with its authority may enter upon any lands, or places Ilea vkt^fns^ etc.
without being liable in trespass, in order to make surveys
and investigations, and may place and maintain marks and
monuments thereon, and make borings and excavations and
do all other acts necessary for the preparation of plans
and estimates for said tunnel and other facilities and appur-
tenances; provided, that compensation shall be recoverable Proviso.
from the city under chapter seventy-nine of the General
Laws for any actual damages caused by such acts.
Section 3. The department may, for the purposes of °!;''^'"^jf°"*d
this act, take and use without compensation public lands use public'
and ways, except any wharves, piers or other structures of iTtc^mry*'^*'
the commonwealth or any land of the commonwealth above ^^^^ ^''?^^. ,.
low water mark, and the department may, for the said bliiidlngs'' " '"^
purposes, acquire on behalf of the city by purchase or other- easement's?'*
wise, or may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy- estatesand
nine of the General Laws or any other alternative method knd.^'t".
now or hereafter provided by general law, lands in fee in-
cluding buildings thereon, and easements, estates and
rights in land, including the right to go under the surface
thereof, or through or under buildings or parts of buildings
thereon, or any leasehold rights, or other rights therein, or
relative thereto; such takings in fee or otherwise may be
made, whether the lands or other rights taken or otherwise
affected are held under or by title derived by eminent do-
main or otherwise, and the department may, for such pur-
poses, acquire for the city by purchase or otherwise, or may
take any property and rights of any kind deemed by it
essential to the construction of said tunnel. A taking or Taking or pur-
purchase under this section of an easement or other estate mentor other
or right in a given parcel of real estate or any right taken, estate or right
whether such parcel or other right taken consists of unim- Estate may hT
proved land or of land and buildings or rights of any nature, t°o'ifSf'par°cS'"^'
may be confined to a portion or section of such parcel or etc.
right fixed by planes of division, or otherwise, below or above
or at the surface of the soil, and in such case no taking need
be made_of upper or lower portions, or other parts or sections
thereof, except of such easements therein, if any, as the de-
partment may deem necessary. The department shall, so Notification
far as may be practicable, notify all known owners of takings'^'^etc^
such takings, but the validity thereof shall not be affected
by want of such notice. Any person sustaining damage by Recovery of
reason of property or rights, in property taken or injured by '^^'^^^^^' ®*°-
the department under authority of this act, except public
lands and ways which may be taken and used without com-
304
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 297.
Department
may sell or
remove build-
ings on land
taken: lease
lands or rights
in lands, etc.,
taken, etc.
Disposition of
proceeds of
sales or leases.
Department
may order re-
moval or re-
location of
surface tracks,
conduits, pipes,
wires, etc.
Order to be
deemed revo-
cation of right
to maintain
such tracks, etc.
Department
may remove
tracks, etc.,
upon failure
of owner to
comply with
order.
Removal and
relocation of
structures upon
private lands.
Shutting off of
gas or electric
current, etc.
pensation as hereinbefore provided, shall be entitled to
recover the same from the city under said chapter seventy-
nine or under other provisions of law providing an alternative
method of taking by eminent domain, as the case may be.
The members of the department shall not be hable personally
for any such damage. To such extent and under such con-
ditions as the mayor of the city may from time to time de-
termine, all action taken by the department under this
section shall be with the written approval of the mayor.
Section 4. The department may sell the buildings or
other structures upon any lands taken by it, or may remove
the same, and shall sell, if a sale be practicable, or if not,
shall lease, if a lease be practicable, any lands or rights or
interests in lands or other property taken or purchased for
the purposes of this act, whenever the same shall, in the
opinion of the department, cease to be needed for the said
purpose. The proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be
used for the payment of costs of construction and after
construction is completed shall be paid into the sinking
fund hereinafter provided for.
Section 5. The department may order the removal or
relocation of any surface tracks, and the removal or reloca-
tion of any conduits, pipes, wires, poles, or other property
located in pubhc ways or places, which it deems to interfere
with the laying out, construction or operation of the tunnel
and other facilities authorized by this act, and shall grant
new locations for any such structure so removed or relocated.
Such orders, to the extent specified therein, shall be deemed
a revocation of the right or license to maintain such tracks,
pipes, conduits, wires, poles, or other property in such pubhc
ways or places, and the owner of any such structures in
public ways or lands shall comply with such orders without
expense to the city. If any such owner shall fail to 'comply
with the order of the department within a reasonable time,
to be fixed in the order, the department may discontinue
and remove such tracks, conduits, pipes, wires, poles, or
other property, and may relocate the same, and the cost of
such discontinuance, removal or relocation shall be repaid
to the city by the owner. No such discontinuance, removal
or relocation shall entitle the owner of the property thus
affected to any damages on account thereof. Any such
structure in or upon private lands may be removed and
relocated by the department, or, if removed and relocated
by the owner thereof, the reasonable expense shall be repaid
to him by the department. Any gas or electric lighting
company shall shut off the gas or current from any pipes or
wires affected by any acts done hereunder, so far and for
such time as may be necessary to prevent the escape or
explosion of gas, or other public danger. This section shall
not apply to facilities on property of the commonwealth
under the control of the department of public works or in-
stalled under hcenses or permits granted by said department,
except with its approval.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 297 305
Section 6. The city may place in the tunnel such wires city m-iy place
and apparatus as may be necessary for its pohce and fire- ra^usfntuM'd'
alarm service, to be used, however, exclusively for such "oif^l^'if/fi'^
service and to be so placed as the department may determine, alarm service,
but this privilege shall not extend to water pipes, except ^^°-
such as may be needed for fire protection and other uses
therein.
The department may place and maintain or may grant Department
. . ^ . , • ,1 1 • n^ay place, or
permission to any corporation or person to place and mam- grant permis-
tain within the tunnel ducts or other structures, to be so coTporatfon
located as not to interfere with the safe and convenient f^r person to
operation and maintenance of the tunnel and other apparatus other str^ucturL
which the city is hereinbefore permitted to place therein, ^Yghm tunnel,
and may contract with any such person or corporation for
such permission or for the use of such ducts or other structures
at such annual rate of rental as may be fixed by the depart-
ment. The construction, maintenance and repairs of any
such ducts or other structures shall be subject to such di-
rections and regulations as the department may impose.
Section 7. No contract for construction work or for the contract for
purchase of apparatus, supplies or materials, the estimated wo"rk,'^etc'°"
cost of which amounts to five hundred dollars or more, shall not to be '
be awarded by the department under this act unless pro- proposais"hatf
posals for the same have been invited by advertisements in ^jged ^^tc^'^"
at least one newspaper pubhshed in the city once a week for
at least two consecutive weeks, the last pubhcation to be at
least one week before the time specified for the opening of
said proposals. Such advertisements shall state the time
and place where plans and specifications of proposed work or
supplies may be had and the time and place for opening the
proposals in answer to said advertisements, and shall reserve
to the department the right to reject any or all proposals.
All such proposals shall be opened in public. No bill or Proposals to
contract shall be split or divided for the purpose of evading fn public*^
any provision of this section. All contracts made by the contracts to
department hereunder, where the amount involved is five be in writing,
hundred dollars or more, shall be in writing, and no such ^^'''
contract shall be deemed to have been made or executed until
the approval of the mayor is affixed thereto. Any contract 2°"^, etc.
made as aforesaid may be required to be accompanied by a
bond with sureties satisfactory to the department, or by a
deposit of monej^, certified check or other security for the
faithful performance thereof, and such bonds or other se-
curities shall be deposited with the city treasurer until the
contract has been carried out in all respects; and no such
contract shall be altered except by a written agreement of
the contractor, the sureties on his bond and the department,
with the approval of the mayor.
Section 8. For the purpose of meeting the cost of the To meet cost
tunnel, which shall include all expenses incurred in laying treasum-ma^y
out and constructing the same and all facilities and appurte- issue and seii
., ,, .,,. . , '^ '^ Donds ot
nances incidental thereto, including plazas and street ap- city, etc
proaches as described in section one, and all land damages,
306
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 297.
Traffic Tunnel
Bonds, City of
Boston, Act
of 1929.
Sinking fund
for payment
of bonds, etc.
Proviso.
Tolls, rents,
etc., to be
used to meet
operating
costs, etc.
Tunnel to be
operated as toll
tunnel, etc.
expenses of the department, such proportion of the salaries
of the department as may in its opinion be properly charge-
able thereto and all interest accruing prior to the use of the
tunnel on debt incurred for the foregoing, the treasurer of
the city shall, from time to time, on request of the depart-
ment, with the approval of the mayor of the city and with-
out any other authority than that contained in this act,
issue and sell at public or private sale the bonds of the city,
registered or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem
best, to an amount not exceeding sixteen million dollars.
Such bonds shall be designated on their face, Traffic Tunnel
Bonds, City of Boston, Act of 1929, shall be for such terms,
not exceeding fifty years, as the mayor and the treasurer of
the city may determine, and shall bear such interest, payable
semi-annually, as the mayor and the treasurer of the city
may determine. Such bonds may be called, retired and
cancelled by the city on any date upon which interest is
payable on said bonds after twenty years from their re-
spective dates, by payment by the city of the amount of the
face of said bonds with any accumulated unpaid interest, and
the bonds shall contain a statement to such effect. The pro-
ceeds of such bonds shall be used only to meet the cost of the
tunnel as hereinbefore defined. The debt incurred from time
to time under the provisions of this act shall not be included
in determining the limit of indebtedness of the city as
established by law. The board of sinking fund commis-
sioners of the city shall estabHsh a sinking fund for the pay-
ment of the bonds issued under authority hereof. There
shall annually be paid into such fund from tolls and charges
or otherwise as hereinafter provided such sum at least as is
necessary to provide for the payment of the principal of all
such bonds at the expiration of fifty years from their re-
spective dates; provided, that the first payment into said
fund shall not be made prior to the expiration of one year
after the entire tunnel is in operation. Upon and after the
completion of the tunnel as aforesaid there shall also be
paid into said fund the proceeds received from any sales or
leases under section four and the balance of the proceeds
of any bonds previously issued hereunder and no longer
required for construction purposes.
All tolls, rents, percentages, compensation and other
charges received for any use of the tunnel shall be used by
the treasurer of the city only to meet the operating costs
and, subject to the provisions of section twelve, the excess in
any year of such tolls and charges over operating costs shall
be paid into said fund.
Section 9. Upon the completion of the tunnel, the pub-
lic works department of the city shall operate the same as a
toll tunnel, and shall from time to time establish a schedule
of tolls and charges for the use of the same, which, in the
opinion of said public works department, subject to the
approval of the department of public utihties, will pay all
operating costs, which term wherever used in this act shall
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 297. 307
include charges for adequate maintenance and upkeep, op-
erating expenses including therein proper policing, lighting,
and ventilating, interest on all bonds issued under authority
hereof, and such annual amounts as are necessary to provide
a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of such
bonds upon the expiration of such period of time, not less
than twenty nor more than fifty years after their respective
dates, as said public works department, with the approval
of the department of public utilities, shall from time to time
determine. If in any year such schedule of tolls and charges
should prove to be insufficient, the said public works depart-
ment shall establish such tolls and charges as will provide
sufficient revenue to meet any deficit; provided, that if in Proviso.
the opinion of the said pubHc works department such new
schedule of rates and charges would not result in an increase
in revenue, then it may establish such new schedule of tolls
and charges as it deems will produce the maximum revenue
and any deficits resulting therefrom shall be met as pro-
vided in section eleven. All schedules of tolls and charges Schedules of
established under this section or under section twelve shall charge subject
be subject to the approval of the department of pubhc to^approvai,
utihties. The said public works department shall collect collection of
such tolls and charges from the driver of each vehicle using toils, etc.
said tunnel, and shall daily pay the same over to the city
collector of Boston; provided, that no toll or charge shall P''°^'^o-
be collected from the drivers of vehicles owned by the city
or from drivers of ambulances.
Section 10. In addition to the full credit of the city. Certain amount
so much of all receipts from tolls and charges for or on ac- toils and*^^'^°'"
count of the use of the tunnel as are required to be expended, topTym'lntlf'^
by the provisions of this act, for the payment of the prin- principal and
cipal and interest of the bonds issued under section eight, as boud1i!'etc.
and when the same become due and payable, are hereby
pledged to such payment; and said provisions are hereby
declared to constitute contracts between the city and the
holders of said bonds within the meaning of section ten of
Article I of the constitution of the United States, and a
recital thereof shall appear on the face of said bonds.
Section 11. If at any time during the operation of the Procedure when
tunnel the receipts from tolls and charges as established toifJand™™
under section nine or twelve are insufficient to meet the sufficfenu'o''''
operating costs, including for sinking fund requirements, meet operating
however, only such amount as is required by section eight, °°®*'®*^*'-
the treasurer of the city is hereby authorized and directed
to make payments on account of the same from any funds
in the treasury of the city, including temporary tax loan
funds but excluding trust funds. If for any year ending on
the last day of June the operating costs, including for sinking
fund requirements, however, only such amount as is required
by section eight, exceed the receipts from such tolls and
charges, the said treasurer shall notify the assessors of the
city of the amount of such excess and the same amount shall
be added to the amount to be raised by the city in the next
308
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 298.
Procedure when
receipts from
tolls and
charges exceed
operating
costs, etc.
Additional
engineering
employees.
City to hold
tunnel in its
private or
proprietary
capacity, etc.
Submission
to city
council, etc.
annual tax levy. Any such amount shall be in excess of the
limit imposed by law on the amount to be raised for mu-
nicipal purposes by taxation in said city.
Section 12. Whenever as of the last day of June in any
year the receipts from tolls and charges as established under
section nine or under this section exceed the operating costs,
including sinking fund requirements on a basis of the pay-
ment of all bonds issued hereunder at the expiration of
twenty years after their respective dates, said excess shall
be transferred to the general funds of the city so far as
necessary to reimburse it for any amounts raised by taxation
under section eleven. If any such excess occurs after the
city shall have been reimbursed in full for all amounts so
raised by taxation, the public works department shall,
subject to the provisions of said section nine, establish a
reduced schedule of tolls and charges, sufficient, however, to
meet the operating costs.
Section 13. The department may engage such addi-
tional engineering employees as may in its judgment be
required and are approved by the mayor of the city.
Section 14. The city shall have, hold and enjoy in its
private or proprietary capacity, as its own property, the said
tunnel and the same shall never be taken by the common-
wealth except on payment of just compensation.
Section 15. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance on or before July first of the current year by vote of the
city council of the city of Boston, subject to the provisions
of its charter; but for the purpose only of such acceptance,
it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 9, 1929.
G. L. 262, §
amended.
Fees of wit-
nesses before
certain
tribunals.
Chap. 2QS An Act establishing the fees of witnesses before cer-
tain tribunals.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and sixty-two of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
twenty-nine and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 29. The fees for attending as a witness before
the general court, the supreme judicial court, the superior
court, the land court, a probate court or court of insolvency,
a district court, county commissioners, a trial justice, a
referee, an arbitrator, the department of industrial accidents
or the board of conciliation and arbitration, or on any other
occasion for which no express provision is made, or allowed
to persons, except the debtor, who are examined under
section eighty-two of chapter two hundred and sixteen,
unless fraudulent conduct is charged and proved against
them, shall be one dollar and fifty cents a day, and five
cents a mile for travel out and home; provided, that if the
witness has a usual place of business or employment in the
city or town where the court trial or hearing is held, travel
shall be reckoned out and to such place of business or
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 299, 300, 301. 309
employment, and not out and home. Each witness shall
certify in writing the amount of his travel and attendance.
Section 2. This act shall become operative September when operative.
first in the current year. Approved May 9, 1929.
An Act making the sale or exchange and, in certain Chap. 2^^
CASES, THE delivery OF ANY ARTICLE OF FOOD OR DRINK
OR OF CERTAIN DRUGS CONTAINING WOOD ALCOHOL A
FELONY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seventy of the General Laws ^j^l^-^^jo, § 4.
is hereby amended by striking out section four and inserting ''"'^" ®
in place thereof the following: — Section 4- Whoever, him- Penalty for
self, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent ehanging.Tnd,
of another, sells or exchanges, or has in his possession with |j" ,°fe^;]i,g ^'Jf^^-
intent to sell or exchange, or knowingly delivers or has in his article of food
possession with intent to deliver, any article of food or certain drugs
drink, or any drug intended for internal use, containing ^°JJ,*^'Jj|."|qi
any wood alcohol, otherwise known as methyl alcohol, either etc.
crude or refined, under or by whatever name or trade mark
the same may be called or known, shall be punished by a fine
of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment
in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one
half years or in the state prison for not more than five years,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Approved May 9, 1929.
An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum (7/|Qr),300
OF money to the mother of FRANCIS P. o'fLAHERTY, ^'
A MINOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obli- ^,^*j: p^^y a'sum
gation, the city of Boston may pay to Mary E. O'Flaherty, of'money to the
mother of Francis P. O'Flaherty, a minor, a sum, not exceed- Fra*ncTs°p.
ing one thousand dollars, for injuries caused by shots fired by ^'^j^^^'^^'
a police officer of said city while attempting to apprehend an
alleged automobile thief, said payment to be in full dis-
charge of all obligations on the part of said city on account
of said injuries.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
during the current year by vote of the city council of said city cound. etc.
city, subject to the provisions of its charter.
Approved May 9, 1929.
An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum Chap.301
of money to the mother of JOSEPH p. COWAN, A MINOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral ^^^^ "iy^a su°m
obligation, the city of Boston may pay to Margaret E. °fj^°p'],^yj*''
Cowan, mother of Joseph P. Cowan, a minor, a sum, not Joseph p.
Cowan, a minor.
310 Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 302, 303, 304.
exceeding five hundred dollars, for injuries caused by shots
fired by a police officer of said city while attempting to
apprehend an alleged automobile thief, said payment to be
in full discharge of all obligations on the part of said city
on account of said injuries.
ItylTounciVetc. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by vote of the city council of said
city, subject to the provisions of its charter.
Approved May 9, 1929.
Chap. 302 An Act ratifying certain votes of the town of billerica
IN RELATION TO CERTAIN BUILDING INSPECTION LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Certain votes The votes of the town of Billerica, at its annual meeting
Billerica in in the cuiTcut year, to revoke and repeal its acceptance of
certahTbuiiding the provisious of chapter six hundred and fifty-five of the
in.spection laws ^q^^ of nineteen hundred and thirteen, being an act to revise
and codify the building inspection laws of the common-
wealth, and to accept the provisions of sections three and
six to twelve, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-
three of the General Laws, are hereby ratified to the same
extent as if said town had been expressly authorized by law
to pass said votes. Approved May 9, 1929.
Chav.303 An Act relative to interrogatories in civil actions.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Sniii'ded' ^ ^'' Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
sixty-one and inserting in place thereof the following: —
SgatoHes' hi*^"^ SecUon 61 . Any party, after the entry of a writ or the filing
civil actions. of Q. bill or pctitioii, may interrogate an adverse party for the
discovery of facts and documents admissible in evidence at
the trial of the case. No party shall file as of right more
than thirty interrogatories, including interrogatories sub-
sidiary or incidental to, or dependent upon, other interroga-
tories, and however the same may be grouped, combined or
arranged; but for adequate cause shown, the court may allow
additional interrogatories to be filed. The word "party",
in this section, in sections sixty-two to sixty-five, inclusive,
and in section sixty-seven, shall be deemed to include parties
intervening or otherwise admitted after the beginning of the
suit.
Effective date. Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first day
of September in the current year.
Approved May 9, 1929.
Chap. 304: An Act further regulating the taking and possession
OF certain shellfish.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^c ^'amei'ided*' Chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws, as
amended in section eighty-four by section two of chapter
A.CTS, 1929. — Chap. 304. 311
one hundred and thirteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section eighty-four and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 84- The aldermen or selectmen, if ^mJers^may""
so instructed by their cities or towns, may, except as provided regulate the
in sections seventy-nine to eighty-three, inclusive, control, tain fish, etc.
regulate or prohibit the taking of eels, soft-shelled clams,
quahaugs, razor fitsh, so-called, and scallops within the
same; and may grant permits prescribing the times and
methods of taking eels and such shellfish within such cities
and towns and make such other regulations in regard to
said fisheries as they deem expedient. But an inhabitant
of the commonwealth, without such permit, may take eels,
soft-shelled clams, quahaugs, razor fish, and, from October
first to the following April first, both dates inclusive, scallops,
for his own family use from the waters of his own or any
other city or town, not exceeding one half bushel of quahaugs
and of soft-shelled clams, including shells, in any one day,
or one bushel of each, including shells, in any one week, and
not exceeding one and one half bushels of scallops, including
shells, in any one week, and may take from the waters of
his own city or town any of such shellfish for bait, subject to
the general rules of the aldermen and selectmen, respectively,
as to the times and methods of taking such fish; provided, P'"°"'''^°-
that no person shall take scallops exceeding in quantity one
and one half bushels, including shells, in any one week from
the waters of any city or town by dredging without first
obtaining a written permit from the aldermen or selectmen
of such city or town. This section shall not authorize the
taking of fish in violation of the provisions of sections forty-
four and forty-five of chapter ninety-one of the Revised
Laws. Whoever takes any eels or any of said shellfish Penalty,
without such permit, and in violation of any of the foregoing
provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than three nor more than fifty dollars. This section ^^^51^^;^'
shall not afi"ect section one of chapter two hundred and "
fifty-five of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
Whoever shall take or have in possession quahaugs or Penalty for
. . lskihe or DOS"
soft-shelled clams less than two inches in longest diameter sessing certain
to the amount of more than five per cent of any batch shall ^Jft-'lhefild'^
be punished by a fine of not less than three nor more than ciams, etc.
fifty dollars; provided, that it shall not be unlawful to take Proviso,
such quahaugs or soft-shelled clams or have the same in
possession under authority of a permit, which the director is
hereby authorized to grant, for replanting for seed pur-
poses in waters or flats within the commonwealth.
Approved May 9, 1929.
312
4cTS, 1929. — Chap. 305.
Chap.S05 An Act relative to boarding homes for aged persons
AND TO THE LICENSING AND SUPERVISION OF THE SAME
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
G. L. 121, new-
section
after § 22.
Licensing of
boarding homes
for aged per-
sons by de-
partment of
public welfare.
Rules and
regulations.
Revocation .
Supervision and
inspection.
Deposit of
bond, etc.
Penalty,
Who shall be
deemed to
maintain a
boarding home
for aged
persons, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and twenty-one of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section twenty-two,
under the title "BOARDING HOMES FOR AGED "PER-
SONS", the following new section: ~ Section 22 A. The
department may license any suitable person to maintain a
boarding home for aged persons, may prescribe the conditions
under which such a license may be granted and may make,
and from time to time alter and amend, rules and regulations
for the government of such homes. Every license issued
under authority of this section shall be for the term of two
years, but may be revoked by the department at any time
for cause. The department shall have supervision of all
such homes and may visit and inspect the same at any time
and examine their accounts. Any person, other than a
charitable corporation hereinafter referred to, proposing to
enter into a contract to provide care incident to advanced age,
for life or for more than five years, for any person over sixty
years of age and not a member of his immediate family shall
report that fact immediately to the department and shall,
before entering into or receiving any consideration under such
contract, deposit with the state treasurer a bond in a sum
and in an amount satisfactory to the department, with
sureties approved by the state treasurer, or, in lieu thereof,
such amount of money or securities as the department de-
termines, as security for the proper care as aforesaid of such
person. Any person who maintains a boarding home for
aged persons without holding a license hereunder, and any
person licensed hereunder who violates any provision hereof,
shall for a first offence be punished by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars and for each subsequent offence by
imprisonment for not more than two years. Whoever, under
his own name or under any other name or style, except a
charitable corporation duly incorporated under the laws of
this commonwealth, maintains a home in which three or
more persons over the age of sixty years and not members
of his immediate family are, for hire, gain or reward, by
contract as aforesaid or otherwise, provided with care incident
to advanced age shall be deemed to maintain a boarding home
for aged persons for the purposes hereof.
Approved May 10, 1929.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 306, 307. 313
An Act relative to appointment to civil service posi- Chap. 306
TIONS AS AFFECTED BY CONVICTION OF CRIME.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part p^^^S!^
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the pubhc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, as amended in *^'- ^^f^^^'A^^
section seventeen by chapter thirty-six of the acts of nine- *" °' ^™^" '^
teen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section seventeen and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 17. No person habitually ^®^gf,"giP^?"bie
using intoxicating liquors to excess shall be appointed, em- for appointment
ployed or retained in any position to which this chapter ""rv-ce'ilws.
applies, nor shall any person be appointed or employed in
any such position within one year after his conviction of any
crime against the laws of the commonwealth; provided, that p^^'so-
the commissioner may in his discretion authorize the appoint-
ment or employment, within said year, of a person convicted
of any of the following offences: — (1) a violation of any
rule or regulation made under section thirty-one of chapter
ninety; (2) a violation of any provision of said chapter ninety
relating to motor vehicles, except those of sections twenty-
three to twenty-five, inclusive; (3) any other offence for
which the sole punishment imposed was (a) a fine of less than
one hundred dollars, (6) a sentence to imprisonment in a
jail or house of correction for less than six months, with such
a fine or without any fine, or (c) a sentence to any other penal
institution under which the actual time served was less than
six months, with such a fine or without any fine.
Approved May 10, 1929.
An Act relative to the listing of voters in the city of Chap.307
CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twelve of chapter two hundred and eighty-two i9i| (G^) 282.
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, as amended.
affected and amended by chapter two hundred and thirty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is
hereby further amended by striking out the third paragraph
and inserting in place thereof the following: — If the board voter"^in^city
of election commissioners, after investigation and report of Cambridge.
by the chief of poHce or a police officer detailed by him, is
satisfied that such statements are true, it shall give the
appHcant a certificate that he was a resident of said city on
said first day of April, or a certificate that he became a
resident at least six months immediately preceding the
election, as the case may be, which certificate shall state his
name, age, occupation and residence on the first day of April
314
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 308.
in the current year or on the above date, as the case may be,
and his residence on the first day of April in the preceding
year; but no such apphcation shall be received, and no such
person shall be listed or be given said certificate, between the
twentieth day preceding, and the day following, a state or
municipal election. Approved May 10, 1929.
Chap
G. L.32, § 89,
etc., amended.
Payment of
annuities to
dependents of
policemen or
firemen liilled,
or dying from
injuries re-
ceived, in
performance
of duty.
308 An Act relative to the payment of compensation to
dependent fathers and mothers of policemen and
firemen who are killed in the performance of duty.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, as
amended in section eighty-nine by section three of chapter
five hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four and by section one of chapter four hundred
and two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,
is hereby further amended by striking out said section
eighty-nine and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 89. If a member of the police or fire force of a city
or town which accepts this section, or a member of the
department of public safety doing police duty, is killed, or
dies within six months from injuries received, while in the
performance of his duty as such member and it shall be
proved to the satisfaction of the mayor and city council or
selectmen, or of the commissioner of public safety subject
to the approval of the governor and council, as the case may
be, that such death was the natural and proximate result
of an accident occurring during the performance and within
the scope of his duty as such member, and the attending
physician or medical examiner shall certify to the city, town
or state treasurer, as the case may be, that the death was
the direct result of the said injury, there shall be paid except
as hereinafter provided, out of the city, town or state treas-
ury, as the case may be, to the following dependents of such
deceased person the following annuities: To the widow, so
long as she remains unmarried, an annuity not exceeding one
thousand dollars a year, increased by not exceeding two
hundred dollars for each child of such deceased person
during such time as such child is under the age of eighteen
or over said age and physically or mentally incapacitated
from earning; and, if there is any such child and no widow
or the widow later dies, such an annuity as would have
been payable to the widow had there been one or had she
lived, to or for the benefit of such child, or of such children
in equal shares, during the time aforesaid; and, if there is
any such child and the widow remarries, in lieu of the
aforesaid annuity to her, an annuity not exceeding two
hundred and sixty dollars to or for the benefit of each such
child during the time aforesaid; and, if there is no widow and
no such child, an annuity not exceeding one thousand dollars
to or for the benefit of the father or mother of the deceased
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 308. 315
if dependent upon him for support at the time of his death,
during such time as such beneficiary is unable to support
himself or herself and does not remarry. The total amount
of all such annuities shall not exceed two thirds of the
annual rate of compensation received by such deceased
person at the date of his death. The amount of any such ^f®amS™unn°c
annuity shall from time to time be determined within the
limits aforesaid by the mayor and city council, the select-
men, or the commissioner of public safety subject to the
approval of the governor and council, as the case may be.
In case the deceased was a member of a contributory re- Election of
tirement system for public employees, the benefits provided deceased'war^
under this section shall be in the alternative for the benefits, ^Xibutw^
if any, provided by such retirement system for dependent retirement
widows and children or for dependent fathers or mothers; ^y^^^m, etc.
and the widow, or if there is no widow, the legal representa-
tive of the children entitled thereto, if any, otherwise the
father or mother in the order named, shall elect which
benefits shall be granted. Such election shall be made in Election to be
writing and shall be filed with the retirement board i^ '"^" "^^'^ °'
charge of the system of which the deceased was a member and
shall not be subject to change or revocation after the first
payment of any benefit thereunder.
Section 2. Said chapter thirty-two, as amended in g. l. 32, § 71,
section seventy-one by section three of chapter four hundred «*<=•• ^^nended.
and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one and by section two of said chapter four hundred and
two, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
seventy-one and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 71. Subject to the requirement of election set Payment of
.J T r 1 ■ • ^ j_ • T annuities to
forth m the last paragraph oi section eighty-nme, ii any dependents of
permanent or call officer of said police department is killed policew'fed!
or dies within six months from injuries received while in ",■,'• ui^/j'/j.g™"'
the performance of his duty as such officer and it shall be ceived, in
proved to the satisfaction of the commission that such oFduty,''"*'^
death was the natural and proximate result of an accident subject, etc.
occurring during the performance and within the scope of
his duty as such officer and the attending physician or
medical examiner shall certify to the state treasurer that
the death was the direct result of the said injury, there shall
be paid to the following dependents of such deceased officer
the following annuities: To the widow, so long as she re-
mains unmarried, an annuity not exceeding one thousand
dollars a year, increased by not exceeding two hundred
dollars for each child of such deceased person during such
time as such child is under the age of eighteen or over said
age and physically or mentally incapacitated from earning;
and, if there is any such child and no widow or the widow
later dies, such an annuity as would have been payable to
the widow had there been one or had she lived, to or for
the benefit of such child, or of such children in equal shares,
during the time aforesaid; and, if there is any such child
and the widow remarries, in lieu of the aforesaid annuity
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Acts, 1929. — Chap. 309.
Determination
of amount, etc.
T'rovisions of
G. L., 32, §89,
in effect in any
city or town,
to continue in
force until ac-
ceptance by
such city or
town of § 89 as
amended
by this act.
1928, 402, § 8,
amended.
to her, an annuity not exceeding two hundred and sixty
dollars to or for the benefit of each such child during the
time aforesaid; and, if there is no widow and no such child,
an annuity not exceeding one thousand dollars to or for the
benefit of the father or mother of the deceased if dependent
upon him for support at the time of his death, during such
time as such beneficiary is unable to support himself or
herself and does not remarry. The total amount of all
such annuities shall not exceed two thirds of the annual rate
of compensation received by such deceased officer at the date
of his death. The amount of any such annuity shall, from
time to time, be determined within the limits aforesaid by
the said commission. The provisions of this and the two
preceding sections as to pensions or annuities for disability
or death resulting from injuries received in the performance
of duty shall apply to officers assigned to duty under the
commissioner of public safety as provided in section four
of chapter one hundred and forty-seven.
Section 3. The provisions of said section eighty-nine,
as in effect in any city or town immediately prior to the
effective date of this act, shall, notwithstanding the pro-
visions of this act, continue in full force and effect therein
until the acceptance by such city or town of said section
eighty-nine, as amended by this act.
Section 4. Section eight of said chapter four hundred
and two is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence.
Approved May 10, 1929.
Chap.S09 A-N Act regulating the salaries of the mayor and city
COUNCILLORS IN CITIES OPERATING UNDER PLAN D OF THE
STANDARD FORMS OF CITY CHARTERS.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in part,
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 43, § 88,
amended.
Section eighty-eight of chapter forty-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line,
the word "two" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
three, — by striking out, in the seventh and eighth lines,
the words "five hundred" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — seven hundred and fifty, — and by adding at the
end thereof the following new sentence : — Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this section, the initial establish-
ment of the salaries of the mayor and other city councillors
after the adoption of plan D may take effect in the year
when established and in accordance with the vote establish-
fn cTty opTr-''°' Jng the Same, — so as to read as follows: — Section 88. The
ating under mayor shall receive for his services such salary as the city
standard forms couucil shall by Ordinance determine, not exceeding three
of city charters, j^hgusand dollars, and shall receive no other compensation
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 310, 311. 317
from the city. His salary shall not be increased or diminished
during the term for which he is elected.
The council may by a vote of not less than three members, Salary of city
taken by yeas and nays, establish a salary for its members, ''°""''' °"-
not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars each. Such
salary may be reduced, but no increase therein shall be made
to take effect during the year in which the increase is voted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
the initial establishment of the salaries of the mayor and
other city councillors after the adoption of plan D may take
effect in the year when established and in accordance with the
vote establishing the same. Approved May 11, 1929.
An Act authorizing certain expenditures for flori- Chav.ZlO
CULTURAL RESEARCH AT THE MARKET GARDEN FIELD
station in WALTHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
For the construction and equipping of buildings at the Massachusetts
market garden field station in Waltham, to be used for the coUeg^emay
purposes of floricultural research, there may be expended, tamsumfor'
under the direction of the trustees of the Massachusetts floHcuiturai
agricultural college, such sum, not exceeding fifteen thousand marke*t garden
dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated. fnWaithim
Approved May 11, 1929.
An Act authorizing the town of tewksbury to supply Chav.^W
ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER, AND TO BUY
WATER FROM OR SELL W^ATER TO THE TOWNS OF WILMING-
TON AND ANDOVER, THE CITY OF LOWELL AND THE COM-
MONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Tewksbury may supply itself lewksbury
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of may supply
fires and for domestic and other purposes; may estabhsh inj^ahit"ntV
fountains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, ^'"^^ '^'^^^^' ^^'^■
and may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect
rates to be paid for the use of the same.
Section 2. The said town, for the purposes aforesaid, or^'a^cquTre, *'*''^
may lease, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy- certain waters
• !• A^ /-~\ IT • t u xl- within limits
nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or other- of town.
wise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of any
pond, brook, spring or stream or of any ground water sources
by means of driven or other wells or filter galleries, within
the limits of said town, and the water rights and water
sources connected therewith; provided, that the amount of Proviso,
water which may be taken shall from time to time be deter-
mined by vote of the town; and also may take by eminent
domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by pur-
chase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and
easements necessary for collecting and storing such water and
318
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 311.
Proviso.
May erect
proper dams,
buildings, etc.
May construct
wells, lay con-
duits, pipes, etc.
Restrictions as
to entry upon
railroad lo-
cations, etc.
Town may
buy water from
or sell water
to the common-
wealth, or to
any munici-
pality men-
tioned in § 10,
etc.
Control, etc., of
property by
board of water
commissioners.
Recovery of
damages.
Proviso.
protecting and preserving the purity thereof and for con-
veying the same to any part of said town; provided, that
no source of water supply and no lands necessary for pro-
tecting and preserving the purity of the water shall be taken
without first obtaining the advice and approval of the depart-
ment of public health, and that the location of all dams,
reservoirs, wells or filter galleries, filtration plants or other
works to be used as sources of water supply under this act
shall be subject to the approval of said department. Said
town may construct and may erect on the lands taken or
held under the provisions of this act proper dams, reservoirs,
pumping and filtration plants, buildings, standpipes, fix-
tures and other structures, and may make excavations,
procure and operate machinery and provide such other
means and appliances and do such other things as may be
necessary for the establishment and maintenance of complete
and effective water works; and for that purpose may con-
struct wells and reservoirs, establish pumping works and
lay down and maintain conduits, pipes and other works,
under or over any lands, water courses, railroads, railways,
or public or private ways, and along any such way in said
town, in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the
same; and for the purpose of constructing, laying, main-
taining, operating and repairing such conduits, pipes and
other works, and for all other proper purposes of this act,
said town may dig up or raise and embank any such lands,
highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
hindrance to public travel thereon. Said town shall not
enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other
works within the locations of any railroad corporation except
at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with
such corporation or in case of failure so to agree as may be
approved by the department of public utilities.
Said town may sell water to the commonwealth, or to any
municipality, or to the inhabitants thereof, mentioned in
section ten, or purchase it from the commonwealth or any
such municipality for such periods of time, in such manner,
on such terms and conditions and in such amounts as said
town may from time to time by vote determine, and for the
purpose aforesaid the said town, by its board of water com-
missioners, hereinafter provided for, may make a contract or
contracts for a term or terms not to exceed fifteen years from
the date thereof.
Section 3. The land, water rights and other property
taken or acquired under this act, and all works, buildings and
other structures erected or constructed thereunder, shall be
managed, improved and controlled by the board of water
commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as
they shall deem for the best interest of the town.
Section 4. Any person or corporation injured in his or
its property by any action of said town or board under this
act may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine; provided, that the right to damages for the
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 311. 319
taking of any water, water source or water right, or any
injury thereto, shall not vest until the water is actually
withdrawn or diverted by said town under authority of this
act.
Section 5. Said town may, for the purpose of paying Town may issue
the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be in- ^o"*^*- ^^°-
curred under the provisions of this act, issue from time to
time bonds or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, three hundred thousand dollars, which shall bear
on their face the words, Town of Tewksbury Water Loan, Town of
Act of 1929. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sepa- wlT^^Loan,
rate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than ^ct of 1929.
thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws.
Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing Payment
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accord- °^ '°'*"' ^^°-
ance with the provisions of section five; and when a vote to
that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income
derived from the water rates, will be sufficient to pay the
annual expense of operating the water works and interest
as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid, and to
make such payments on the principal as may be required
under the provisions of this act, shall without further vote
be assessed by the assessors of the town annually thereafter
in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred
by the said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, Penalty for
pollutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this water.'etc
act, or injures any structure, work or other property owned,
held or used by said town under the authority and for the
purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said town three
times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to be re-
covered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of any one
of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a fine
of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for not more than one year.
Section 8. The said town shall, after its acceptance of fommisJiJnMs!
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted or election,
at a meeting called for the purpose, elect by ballot three ''™'*' ^ "'
persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three years,
one until the expiration of two years, and one until the
expiration of one year, from the next succeeding annual town
meeting, to constitute a board of water commissioners; and
at the annual town meeting held on the day on which the
shortest of such terms expires, and at each annual town
meeting thereafter, one such commissioner shall be elected by
ballot for the term of three years. All the authority granted
to the town by this act, except sections five and six and except
as otherwise specially provided, shall be vested in said board
of water commissioners, who shall be subject however to such
instructions, rules and regulations as said town may impose
320
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 311.
Quorum.
Vacancy,
how filled.
To fix water
rates, etc.
Net surplus,
how to be used
Annual,
etc., reports.
Rate at which
town of Tewks-
bury may
furnish water
to towns of
Wilmington
and Andover
and city of
Lowell to be
agreed upon,
etc.
For purpose
of supplying
water, town of
Tewksbury
may extend
its water pipes
and mains, etc.
Effective upon
acceptance, etc.
by its vote. A majority of said commissioners shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any
vacancy occurring in said board from any cause may be filled
for the remainder of the unexpired term by said town at any
town meeting called for the purpose. Any such vacancy may
be filled temporarily in the manner provided by section
eleven of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, and the
person so appointed shall perform the duties of the office
until the next annual meeting of said town or until another
person is qualified.
Section 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe
the time and manner of payment. The income of the water
works shall be appropriated to defray all operating expenses,
interest charges and payments on the principal as they
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued for water supply pur-
poses. If there should be a net surplus remaining after pro-
viding for the aforesaid charges it shall be appropriated for
such new construction as the water commissioners, with the
approval of the town, may determine upon, and in case a
surplus should remain after payment for such new construc-
tion the water rates shall be reduced proportionately. All
authority vested in said commissioners by the foregoing
provisions of this section and by section three shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of section eight. Said commissioners
shall annually, and as often as the town may require, render
a report upon the condition of the works under their charge
and an account of their doings, including an account of
receipts and expenditures.
Section 10. The town of Tewksbury may furnish and
sell water to the towns of Wilmington and Andover and the
city of Lowell, or any of them, or to the inhabitants of any
such town or city, at a rate to be mutually agreed upon, at
the boundary line between said town of Tewksbury and such
town or city except as provided in section eleven; and said
town of Tewksbury may, at its own expense, extend within
its limits its water mains and install other fixtures necessary
to supply water to said towns and city, or any of them, or
to the inhabitants thereof, or to the commonwealth, and said
towns and city, or any of them, may extend their water
mains and install other fixtures necessary or proper to re-
ceive and distribute such water.
Section 1L The town of Tewksbury, with the consent
of the board or official having charge of the ways of any
adjoining city or town, and for the purpose of supplying
itself or any such city or town or the inhabitants thereof
with water, may extend its water pipes and mains through
or under any way of such city or town, and install such
fixtures therein as may be necessary.
Section 12. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the voters of the town of Tewksbury present
and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose
within three years after its passage; but the number of meet-
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 312. 321
ings so called in any year shall not exceed three; and for the
purpose only of being submitted to the voters of said town
as aforesaid this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 13, 1929.
Chap.312
An Act to prohibit or regulate the discharge of
sewage or other polluting matter into the coastal
waters of barnstable, dukes and nantucket counties.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public health, hereinafter Department
called the department, is hereby authorized and directed to may'^prohibTt*^
prohibit the entrance or discharge into or on any of the tidal or regulate the
waters and flats in the counties of Barnstable, Dukes and sewage, etc.
Nantucket, or the tributaries of such waters, of sewage or waters?/^'
any other substance which might be injurious to the public Barnstable,
health or might tend to contaminate any of said tidal waters Nantucket
or flats from which shellfish are taken. counties.
Section 2. The supreme judicial court or any justice court en-
thereof, and the superior court or any justice thereof, shall fo»cement, etc.
have jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this
act and any order made by the department in conformity
therewith. Proceedings to enforce any such order shall be Proceedings,
instituted and prosecuted by the attorney general upon the •'n^gt^tutS
request of the department.
Section 3. Whoever permits the entrance or discharge Penalty,
into or on any part of said waters or flats, or the tributaries
of such waters, of sewage or any other substance injurious to
the public health or tending to contaminate any area from
which shellfish are taken shall be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars.
Section 4. In carrying out the provisions of this act, No interference
the department shall not interfere with any prescriptive rcripttver^ght
right of drainage existing on the effective date of this act, °^ig[f,Igo"n
nor shall said department prohibit the use of any sewer or effective date
drain or any outlet thereof existing on said effective date ° ^"^ ■^^■
unless authorized by law so to do.
Section 5. The department shall, of its own motion or Department
at the request of the officials of any town in or near which otiiSaTs^of Tny'
said waters or flats are situated or of any factory or other asTobe'stmeaM
establishment situated on or near said waters and flats, of rendering
consult and advise with said officials as to the best practicable sewagrfrom*
and reasonably available means of rendering harmless the ggt'^'bfi^hment
sewage, waste or refuse from such town or establishment.
In any case wherein the department determines that the
best practicable and reasonably available means of disposing
of such sewage, waste or refuse is to discharge the same into
tidal waters from which shellfish are taken for use as bait
only, the provisions of this act shall not apply.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May I4, 1929.
322
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 313, 314.
G. L. 90, § 19,
etc., amended.
Restrictions as
to dimensions
of motor ve-
hicles and
trailers.
Chap. 313 An Act relative to the dimensions of motor vehicles
AND TRAILERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety of the General Laws, as amended in sec-
tion nineteen by section one of chapter one hundred and
eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five and
by chapter seventy-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section nineteen and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 19. No motor vehicle or trailer, the
outside width of which is more than ninety-six inches or
the extreme over-all length of which is more than twenty-
eight feet, shall be operated on any way without a special
permit so to operate from the board or officer having charge
of such way or, in case of a state highway or a way deter-
mined by the department of public works to be a through
route, from said department; provided, that such width
may be exceeded by the lateral projection of pneumatic
tires beyond the rims of the wheels for such distance on
either side of the vehicle or trailer as will not increase its
outside width above one hundred and two inches; and pro-
vided, further, that the extreme over-all length of such a
vehicle or trailer when used in localities or on ways desig-
nated by the said department may exceed twenty-eight feet
but not thirty-three feet, and that, when used for the trans-
portation of poles or single units of lumber or metal, such
length may exceed twenty-eight feet but not sixty feet,
except as authorized by a special permit granted as aforesaid.
The aforesaid dimensions of width and length shall be in-
clusive of the load. Approved May 14, 1929.
Proviso.
Dimensions to
include load.
Chav.ZlAi An Act further extending the time for completing
the RAILROAD OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD
CORPORATION, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The time within which the Southern New
England Railroad Corporation or its successor may com-
plete and open its railroad for use is hereby further extended
to April fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty, subject,
however, to the conditions set forth in section one of chapter
one hundred and seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-six, which conditions are hereby declared to be
binding upon all successors to said corporation.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect unless its pro-
visions are accepted by vote of the board of directors of
said corporation or its successor, and an attested copy of
such vote is filed with the state secretary within thirty days
after such acceptance; provided, that this act shall be void
and of no effect unless said corporation or its successor shall,
prior to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
Extension of
time for com-
pleting railroad
of Southern
New England
Railroad Cor-
poration, etc.
Effective upon
acceptance, etc.
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 315, 316. 323
nine, repair to the satisfaction of the state department of
pubhc works the bridges which carry pubhc highways over
its location within the commonwealth.
Approved May 14, 1929.
An Act regulating the dealing in stock of trust com- (7/ia».315
PANIES AND NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATIONS BY SAVINGS
BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES IN THEIR SAVINGS DEPART-
MENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause seventh of section fifty-four of chap- g.l. les, §54,
ter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws is hereby a'mende'd.'^'
amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Seventh, In the stock of a Dealing in
,. • jiiiii c 11- stock of trust
trust company incorporated under the laws 01 and domg companies and
business within this commonwealth, or in the stock of a rng'as"oci'^troM
national banking association located in the New England by savings
states and incorporated under the authority of the United companfes in"*
States, which has paid dividends of not less than four per departments,
cent thereon in cash in each of the five years next preceding regulated.
the date of such investment and the amount of whose sur-
plus is at least equal to fifty per cent of its capital; but a
savings bank shall not hold, both by way of investment and
as security for loans, more than twenty-five per cent of the
stock of any one such company or association, nor shall it
hold by way of investment stock of such companies and
associations having an aggregate initial cost in excess of
fifteen per cent of the deposits of such savings bank, or stock
of any one such company or association having an initial
cost in excess of one per cent of the deposits aforesaid.
Section 2. Investments by a savings bank or by a Certain invest-
trust company in its savings department in the stock of any dated, etc!'
one trust company or national banking association made
prior to the fifth day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, amounting in aggregate par value to not exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars, if otherwise valid, are hereby
validated. This act shall not invalidate any investment in
the stock of such a company or association legally made
prior to the effective date hereof.
Approved May 15, 1929.
An Act relative to the jurisdiction of district courts (7/ia7?.316
FOR civil business.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the G.L.218, §19,
General Laws, as amended in section nineteen by section ®*'=''^'"^" ® •
twelve A of chapter five hundred and thirty-two of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by section one
of chapter fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section nineteen and inserting in place thereof the fol-
324
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 316.
District courts.
Civil jurisdic-
tion in general.
G. L. 218, §20,
etc., amended.
District courts.
Writs of
scire facias.
G. L.231, § 104,
amended.
Removal from
Boston mu-
nicipal court.
Claims of trial
by jury, etc.
lowing: — Section 19. District courts shall have original
jurisdiction concurrent with the superior court of actions of
contract, tort and replevin, and also of actions in summary
process under chapter two hundred and thirty-nine and
proceedings under section forty-one of chapter two hundred
and thirty-one.
Section 2. Section twenty of said chapter two hundred
and eighteen, as amended by section two of said chap-
ter fifty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out
the last sentence, — so as to read as follows: — Section 20.
District courts may issue writs of scire facias against execu-
tors and administrators upon a suggestion of waste after a
judgment against them and also against bail taken in a civil
action before them, and proceed to judgment and execution
as the superior court might do in like cases. Such writs
shall be served not less than seven days before the return
day, which shall be not more than sixty days after the date
thereof.
Section 3. Chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
one hundred and four and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section IO4. No other party to such action
shall be entitled to an appeal. In lieu thereof, in any
such action in which the debt or damages demanded or
the value of the property detained does not exceed the
jurisdictional limit of said municipal court effective im-
mediately prior to September first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, any such party may, within two days after the
time allowed for entering his appearance, file in said court
a claim of trial by jury, and an affidavit by his counsel of
record, if any, and if none, the affidavit of such party, that
in his opinion there is an issue of fact requiring trial in the
cause, and that such trial is in good faith intended, together
with the sum of three dollars for the entry of the cause in
the superior court, and a bond in the penal sum of one
hundred dollars, with such surety or sureties as may be ap-
proved by the plaintiff or the clerk or an assistant clerk of
said municipal court, payable to the other party or parties
to the cause, conditioned to satisfy any judgment for costs
which may be entered against him in the superior court in
said cause within thirty days after the entry thereof; and,
in lieu of such an appeal in any such action in which the
debt or damages demanded or the value of the property
detained exceeds the jurisdictional limit as aforesaid, any
such party may, within two days after the time allowed for
entering his appearance, file in said court a claim of trial
as to all parties by the superior court, with or without jury,
and an affidavit by his counsel of record, if any, and if none,
the affidavit of such party, that in his opinion there is an
issue of fact or law requiring trial in the cause, and that such
trial is in good faith intended, together with the sum of three
dollars for the entry of the cause in the superior court, and
a bond as hereinbefore provided. The clerk shall forth-
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 317. 325
with transmit the papers and entry fee in the cause to the
clerk of the superior court, and the same shall proceed as
though then originally entered there, but, if a trial by jury
is claimed, may be marked for trial upon the lists of causes
advanced for speedy trial by jury.
Section 4. In construing said section one hundred and ^cfionaiTimit
four, as applying to district courts other than the mu- of said munic-
nicipal court of the city of Boston under the provisions of s^airmwin in
section one hundred and ten A of said chapter two hun- construing §io4.
dred and thirty-one, the words "jurisdictional limit of said
municipal court" shall mean the jurisdictional limit of such
other district courts.
Section 5. This act shall become operative on September when operative,
first of the current year. Approved May 15, 1929.
An Act providing for the dredging by the department Chap.S17
OF PUBLIC WORKS OF COMMERCIAL POINT CHANNEL IN
DORCHESTER BAY, OF A CHANNEL LEADING FROM SAID
CHANNEL TO THE LANDING OF THE DORCHESTER YACHT
CLUB AND OF CERTAIN FLATS IN SAVIN HILL BAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of public works is hereby authorized and °ubiic*woHi*s°^
directed to dredge Commercial Point channel in Dorchester may dredge
bay, between Commercial Point and the tracks of the New poi^rchannei
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, for a width of not baj^a'^chlnnei
less than one hundred feet on the bottom and to a depth of 'wading from
not less than twelve feet at mean low water, to dredge the to'theitnding
channel leading from said Commercial Point channel to the chMter^a'cht
landing of the Dorchester Yacht Club for a width of not less ciub and .
than fifty feet on the bottom and not less than six feet deep slvfn'kiu bay.
at mean low water, and to dredge the flats, in that part of
Dorchester bay known as Savin Hill bay, adjacent to the
fining made for the Old Colony boulevard and on both sides
of said Commercial Point channel to a depth of three feet at
mean low water, the area on the northerly side of said channel
being located between said Old Colony boulevard and the
bathing beach at Savin Hill playground and the area on the
southerly side of said channel being located between said
Old Colony boulevard and the channel leading to the landing
of the Dorchester Yacht Club, said dredging to be not nearer
than a distance of seventy feet from the present high water
line at the filling made for said Old Colony boulevard.
Subject to appropriation, said department may expend for Expenditure,
the purposes of this act the sum of one hundred forty-seven
thousand five hundred dollars, which sum shall be appor-
tioned as follows: — From the port of Boston receipts,
twenty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars,
and the remainder to be considered as a part of the cost
of the Old Colony boulevard, so-called, and to be divided
as follows: — fifty-nine thousand six hundred eighty-seven
dollars and fifty cents from the Highway Fund, and fifty-nine
thousand six hundred eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents
326
Acts, 1929. — Chaps. 318, 319.
to be assessed upon the cities and towns of the metropoHtan
parks district in proportion to the respective taxable valua-
tions of the property of said cities and towns, as defined in
section fifty-nine of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws.
Approved May 15, 1929.
G. L.9, § 1,
amended.
State secretary,
salary, etc.
Chap.Z\S An Act establishing the salary of the secretary of
THE commonwealth AND PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION
OF CERTAIN FEES IN HIS DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter nine of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the third line,
the word "six" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
seven, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . There shall
be a department of the state secretary under his supervision
and control, organized as provided in this chapter. The
state secretary shall receive a salary of seven thousand
dollars. He shall make a quarterly return on oath to the
governor and council of all fees of office received by him,
and give to the state treasurer a bond, in a penal sum and
with sureties approved by the governor and council, con-
ditioned satisfactorily to account for all money received
by him in his official capacity.
Section 2. Section three of chapter two hundred and
twenty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new sentence : — Neither
the state secretary, nor any officer or employee in his de-
partment, acting as such a commissioner shall charge any
fee for administering such an oath.
Section 3. The increase in salary provided for by this
act shall not take effect until an appropriation has been
made sufficient to cover the same and then as of June first
in the current year. Approved May 15, 1929.
G. L. 222, § 3,
amended.
Collection of
certain fees
prohibited.
When to
take effect.
C/iap.319
Emergency
preamble.
An Act dissolving certain corporations.
Whereas, It is necessary that certain delinquent and other
corporations be dissolved before April first in the current
year, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Certain cor-
porations
dissolved.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Such of the following named corporations as
are not already legally dissolved are hereby dissolved, sub-
ject to the provisions of sections fifty-one and fifty-two of
chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the General Laws : —
A. & H. Dress Co., A. Bonfigho Company, A. C. Holmes,
Inc., A. C. Lewis Leather Company, A. Doda Co., Inc.,
A. E. Copp Company, A. F. Bourque, Inc., A. F. Wastcoat,
Incorporated, A. Fisher & Son, Inc., A. H. Atwood Co.,
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319. 327
A. H. Tutin Co. Inc., A. Hankey & Company, Incorporated, ^^1^'^^^°'"
A. J. Bates Company, A. J. Beaumier Company, A. J. Com- disaoived.
pany, A. L. Sayles & Sons Company, A-1 Painting and
Decorating Co., Inc., A. Skolnik, Inc., A. T. Stuart Realty
Corporation, A. W. Rogers Electric Company, Inc., Abbott
Realty Company, Aberdeen Laundry Company, Acme Motor
Devices Company, Acme Shoe Co. Inc., Adams Warehouse
Co., Adaskin Furniture Company of Worcester, Advance
Aircraft Company, Aerial Advertising, Inc., Aero Inn As-
sociates, Inc., Al-By Garage Company, Al. Knox Shoe Co.
Inc., Alan Shepard & Co., Inc., Alba Restaurant, Inc.,
Albert E. Heustis, Incorporated, Albert F. Baldwin Com-
pany Inc., Albert's Incorporated, Aldemite Roofing & Paint-
ing Company, Alexander Strauss Incorporated, Alexander's
Fashion Shop, Inc., Alfred Securities Corp., All Metal
Company, Inc., AU-Nu Products Co., Allen Sales Com-
pany, Incorporated, Alta Clothing, Inc. of Boston, Alton
Footwear, Inc., Altshuler Raincoat Company, Alwood Oil
Burner Company, The, American Fancier and Stockkeeper
Company, The, American Finance Company, American
Horsemobile Company, American Liberty Loan Co., Inc.,
American Linseed Company, American National-Security
Company, American Optical Company do Brazil, American
Players Film Company, American Reclamation Company,
American Record Manufacturing Co., American Sand Blast
Company of Boston, American Solvents & Chemical Corpo-
ration of Massachusetts, American Storage Battery Com-
pany, The, American Storage Warehouse Co., American
Wet Wash Laundry Company, The, Ames Nowell, Incorpo-
rated, Amesbury Seat Mfg. Company, Ancienne France,
Ltd. of Salem, Mass., Ancona Company, The, Anderson Fire
Brick Company, Angus Engineering Company, Incorporated,
Annite Products of New England, Inc., The, Anthony B.
Cassedy Inc., Anthony H. Brackett & Co., Inc., Appliance
Merchandising Corporation, Arcade Finance Corporation,
Arco Insurance Agency, Inc., Arkayar Rubber Products
Corp., Arnold J. Booth Realty Co., Arrow Haulage Com-
pany, Art-Line Shoe Co., Arthur F. Bent Company, Arthur
T. McGilvreay Co., Ashfield Co-operative Creamery As-
sociation, The, Ashland Manufacturing Company, Ashley
Read Equipment Company, Ashmont Motor Company, Asia
Sales Company, Inc., Associated Building Crafts, Inc.,
Associated Contractor, Inc., The, Associated First National
Pictures of New England, Inc., Associated Growers of
Sterling Apples, Inc., Associated Producers, Inc., Associated
Tire Corporation, Atkinson Shoe Company, Atlantic Cone
Company, The, Atlantic Market Co., Inc., Atlantic Oil
Corporation, Atlantic States Warehouse & Cold Storage
Company, Atlantic Tire Company, Atlas Auto Service
Corporation, Atumba Minerals Corporation, August E.
Francini & Co., Inc., Austin Baldwin & Co., Inc., Auto
Rental, Inc., Automatic Credit Company, The, Automatic
Ordnance L't'd., Automobile Accessory and Radio Com-
328 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319.
Certain cor- pany, Avoii Lumber Company, The, Ayer I^rivate Hospital,
di'sToVved. Incorporated, Ayer Tanning Company.
B. & B. Company, B & G Realty Company, B & J Phar-
mac}^ Inc., B & M Construction Company, B and S Shop,
Inc., The, B and X Lunch, Inc., B. B. & R. Knight, Inc., B.
J. & A. B. Theatre Corporation, B. J. Brimmer Company,
B. Silverman & Son, Inc., Back Bay Auto Renting Company,
Back Bay Public Market Co., Balcom and Dion Inc., Bank-
ers Discount Corporation, Bankers Realty Company,
Barnard Brothers Company, Barnet Leather Co., Inc. of
Massachusetts, Barron Cohen Co., Bass Point Company,
Bay State Auto Repair Co. Inc., Bay State Brick & Stone
Co., Bay State Garter Company, Bay State Research &
Manufacturing Co., Inc., Bay State Rubber Co., Bay State
Wall Paper Company, Bay State Yellow Cab Co. of Chelsea,
Bazley Engineering Co., Inc., Beacon Creamery Company,
Beacon Dry Goods System Inc., Beacon Rathskellar, Inc.,
Beacon Undergarment Co., Bean Construction Co., Incor-
porated, Beatrice Creamery Company, Beauty Top Lift
Company, Beaver Drug Company, Becker Fur Co., Inc.,
The, Beckwith Motor Company, Bedford Woolen Mills,
Beede, Inc., Belding-Hall Electrice Corporation of New
England, Belger Company, Inc., The, Belleaire, Incorporated,
Bellingham Shoe Manufacturing Company, The, Bellow
Drug Store Incorporated, Belmont Nash Co., Inc., Belmont
Spa Inc., Belvidere Woolen Company, Benchley Brothers,
Inc., Bender, Wickstrom & Company, Inc., Benj. Pope &
Edgar W. Cottle, Inc., Bentwood Novelty Company,
Berkeley Construction Co. Inc., Berkshire Company, The,
Bernard Motor Company, Bernhard-Crowe Manufacturing
Company, Bernstein-Kramer Company, Bethel-Player Co.
Inc., Better Service Company, Bickford Operating Corpora-
tion, Billings Dental Company, Bilt-Rite Oil Burner Com-
pany, Biltmore Shoe Co., Birch River Gold Mines, Inc. of
Ontario, Bishop and Babcock Company of Massachusetts,
The, Blackburn-Martin Inc., Blake, Inc., Blanchard Instru-
ment Company, Blotcher Dress Company, Blue Ribbon
Laundry Co. of Brockton, Bob Malone Company, Inc.,
Bolton Worsted Mills, Inc., Bonded Home Bureau, Incor-
porated, Bondholders Security Corporation, Bonoloid Cor-
poration, Boothbay Harbor Contracting Company, Boston
& New York Coach Co., Boston and Suburban Laundry
Company, Boston Braid Manufacturing Company, Boston
Chicle Company, Boston-Connecticut Motor Lines, Inc.,
Boston Cooperage Company, Boston Crown Co., Boston
Machinery Company, Boston Market, Incorporated, The,
Boston Mohair Velvet Company, Boston Motor Co., Boston
Novelty Shoe Co., Boston Overland Company, Boston
Potato Chip Co., Boston Rag Rug Company, Inc., Boston
Sanitary Service Co., Inc., Boston Shipbuilding Company,
Boston Telegram Company, The, Boston Typewriter Co.
Inc., Boston Wood Heel Company, Boston Wood Heel
Company of Framingham, Inc., Bostonia Cigar Company.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319. 329
Boyle & Bradley, Inc., Bojdston Bakery, Inc., Boylston Certain cor-
Bottling Company, Boylston Drug Co., Inc., Boylston diL^soVvrd.
Multigraphing Co. Inc., Bradshaw & Company Inc., Brad-
smith Counter Company, Incorporated, Breezy Meadows,
Inc., Brett Shirt Company, Brian E. Hawkes & Co., Inc.,
Brigham Circle Cab, Inc., Brightwood Manufacturing Com-
pany, The, Brightwood Sales Corporation, Bristol Block
Company, Broad Sound Holding Company, Broadway
Amusement Company, Broadway Dry Goods Co., Broad-
way Garage of Somerville Inc., Broadway Tire Service
Company, Inc., Brockton Honeycrust Bread Co., Brockton
Mowing Machine Cutter-Bar Company, Brockton Webbing
Company, Brockway-Smith Corporation, The, Brookfield
Woolen Company, Brookline Hotel Corporation, Brookline
Taxi Co. Inc., Brookline Village Provision Co., Brownell
Boston Company, Brownings, Inc., Browns Ticket Agency,
Inc., Brunelle "Flowerland" Inc., Building Finishing Cor-
poration, The, Bunker Hill Pharmacy, Inc., Business Ad-
ministration Bureau, Incorporated, The, Business Invest-
ment Corporation, Butkovitz Fur Company, Inc., Butler's
Inc., Byron N. Sellers, Inc.
C and I Transportation Company, Inc., The, C B Die
& Machine Co., C. D. Kepner Company, The, C. E. Chapin
Co., Inc., C. E. Robinson Company, Inc., C. E. Soule, Inc.,
C. E. Taylor's Express Inc., C. Ernest Hill Incorporated,
C. L. Dutton Co., C. P. Thompson Company, Incorporated,
C. S. Hardy, Inc., C. S. Scott Company, C. W. Dyer, Inc.,
Cadillac Berkshire Company, Cafe Bova, Inc., Cambridge
Art Brass M'f'g. Co., The, Camp Mohican, Inc., Campbell
Appliance Co., The, Canadian Club Beverage Company,
Canton Company, Incorporated, Cape Cod Real Estate
Operators, Inc., Capitol Chain Stores, Inc., Capitol Coat Co.,
Capitol Film Corporation, Capitol Manufactui'ing Com-
pany, Inc., Capitol Operating Company, Capitol Theatre
Company of Lowell, Carl T. Daley Co., Carmel Candy Stores,
Inc., Carmine Zamarro Co., Carnoba Candies Inc., Carpen-
ter Die & Tool Company, Carroll Manufacturing Company,
Carson Shoe Co. Inc., Carter, Rice & Company, Inc. (1883),
Cash & Carry Stores Inc., Casler's, Incorporated, Castle
Square Players Incorporated, The, Castlegate Garage, Inc.,
Cedar Acres, Inc., Cee Curity Trunk & Bag Co., Celerundum
Radio Products Co., Center Realty Corporation, Central
Battery & Tire Service, Inc., Central Flag Company, Inc.,
Central Garage of Newtonville Incorporated, Central Mfg.
Co., Inc., Central Mortgage & Investment Trust, Inc.,
Central Packing Co. Inc., Central Square Theatre, Inc.,
Central Star Automobile Co., Centre Department Store, Inc.,
Centrifugal Fan Company, Century Parlor Furniture Co.,
Chandler & Patten Co., Chapin Brothers, Inc., Charles A.
Coombs, Inc., Charles A. Esty Paper Company (1915),
Chas. A. G. Winther Co., Charles E. Moody & Co., Inc.,
Charles Frederick Company, Inc., Chas. H. Grover, Inc.,
Charles Hudson, Inc., Charles J. Roche, Inc., Charles L.
330 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319.
porations"'^' Richardson Company, Charles 0. Timson Shoe Co., Chas.
dissolved. W. Winslow, Incorporated, Charlsam Real Estate Co.,
Chase & Lyman Incorporated, Checker Inn Company,
Chelsea Leather Company, Chester F. Gibbons Co. Inc.,
Chevaux Kid Leather Co., Chilton Corporation, The, Chimes
Spa Company, Chisholm Development Company, Incor-
porated, Chocolate Shop of Worcester, Inc., Cifre Drug
Company, Citizens Finance Corporation (1925), City Fuel
Securities Company, City Hall Sq. Motor Car Co., City
Restaurants, Inc., Claire, Inc., Clarence P. Baxter Company
Inc., Clark & Lee Company, The, Clark & Parker, Incor-
porated, Claude E. Davis, Inc., Clement Company, The,
Clifford Construction Co., CHfton B. Russell, Incorporated,
Clinton Carpet Company, Chnton Corporation, Chnton
Pants Company, Inc., Cloran & Moloney, Inc., Close Mani-
fold Mfg. Company, Cochrane Print Works Company,
Cocozella & Solar Inc., Coffee Pot, Inc., Coffee Shoppe, Inc.,
The, Cohen & Son, Inc., Cole & Harlow, Inc., ColHngwood
Yarn Company, CoUis and Company, Inc., Collord Hardware
Company, Colonial Blanket Mills, Inc., Colonial Investment
Company, Colonial Trust and Discount Corporation, The,
Colonial Wall Paper Co., Colonial Wood Heel Co., Columbia
Advertising Company, Columbia Cafe Inc., Columbia Coffee
Company, The, Columbia College Clothes, Inc., Columbia
Films, Inc., Columbia Lacquer and Paint Company, Colum-
bia Theatre Co., Columbus Pharmacy, Inc., Comans Com-
pany, Inc., Comfort & Zavaha Shoe Trimmings Co., Comins
Rubber Shoe Co., Commercial Buildings Corporation of New
England, Commercial Protective Association, Inc., Common-
' wealth Auto Body Service, Inc., Commonwealth Garage
Inc., Commonwealth Real Estate & Investment Company,
Inc., Commonwealth Wall Paper Company, Compressible
Tube Incorporated, Conant Hospital Co., Conant, Houghton
and Co., Incorporated, Conlon Prescott Co., Connecticut
Valley Coach Co., Consolidated Electrical Companies, Inc.,
Consolidated Underwriters, Inc., Consumers' Supply Com-
pany of Springfield, Contentment Farm Company, Con-
tinental Bedding Company, Continental Realty Company,
Converse Rubber Sales Corporation, Converse Rubber Shoe
Company, Coolidge Hudson-Essex Co., Cooper's Spa, Inc.,
Copithorn Mfg. Co., Copley Investment Company, The,
Copley Mortgage Corporation, Copley Square Market Inc.,
Corr Manufacturing Company, Cosmopolitan Theatres &
Film Company, Inc., Cotton Research Company, Inc.,
Country Craft Manufacturing Company, Court Machine
Company, Craig Fountain Pen Corporation, The, Craigie
Circle Company, Crandon Wool Company, Credit & Audit
Bureau of New England, Inc., The, Crescent Gardens, Inc.,
Crescent Natural Gas Corporation, The, Crown Confec-
tionery Company, Crown Electrical Welding Company,
Crown Hotel Company, Crown Mfg. Company, Crown
Millinery Co., Crown Theatre Co., Inc., Cruise Shoe Com-
pany, Cubicle Stores, Inc., Cunningham Burdwood Con-
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319. 331
struction Co., Cuptor Sales Company of New England, ^^l^ll^^l"'-
Currier-Todd Company, Cushman Candy Company, Cus- dissolved.
torn House Garage Company, Inc., Cutwell Inc., Cypress
Pharmacy, Inc.
D. A. Donovan Jr. Shoe Company, D. C. H. Co., The,
Dadmun Co., Daily News Publishing Company, The,
Dainties Sales Co., Inc., Danforth Farms Realty Corpora-
tion, Darling's Garage, Inc., Darnstaedt-McGillivray Motor
Company, D'Augusta Co. Inc., David J. Hurley Furniture
Company, David J. Ingraham, Inc., David Mendelsohn,
Inc., David W. Lewis Company, Davidson Mortgage Com-
pany, Davis-Smith Company, The, Davis Warehouse Com-
pany, Day Square Pharmacy, Inc., Deal & Hawkins, Inc.,
Dean Shoe Manufacturing Company, Decoma Leather
Specialty Company, Decorative Metal Co. Inc., Delhud
Coal and Supply Company, The, Devon Furniture Com-
pany, Inc., Devon Shoe Co., Inc., Devonshire Bond and
Mortgage Corporation, Devonshire Securities Corporation,
Dexter Real Estate Company, Diamond Vaporizer Com-
pany, Diamond Vaporizer Sales Inc., Diehl & Co., Inc.,
Dighton Stove Lining Company, Dillon Printing & Pub-
lishing Co. Inc., Dime-Eat Sales & Service Company, Dis-
count Company of New England, Dixon Steamship Com-
pany, Doane & Williams Lumber Company, Dock Square
Fruit & Produce, Inc., Dockham Publishing Company,
Dr. C. W. King, Inc., Dr. I. Rosenberg Hanover Dental Com-
pany, Domestic Oil Heating Company, Dominick G. Isernio
Company, Dono Corporation of Massachusetts, Doody
Vapor Heating Company, The, Door Control Engineering
Company, Dorchester Auto Sales Co., Dorchester Iron &
Metal Co., Dorchester Motor Sales, Inc., Dorchester Paige
Jewett Company, Inc., D 'Orlando & Co., Ltd., Doyle &
Lydon, Inc., Drake & Company, Inc., Drivurself Corpora-
tion of New England, Du Pont Company, Inc., Dual Duty
Pen & Pencil Company, Inc., Dubin-Kimball Co., Du-
chemin Wrecking Co., Inc., Duchin Tailoring Co., Dudley
Freeman Company, Inc., Dudley Hardware Co. Inc.,
Duffley-Rolfe Company, Dunn Land Company, Dunn,
Richards and Tuller, Incorporated, Dupont Leather Goods,
Inc., Durfee Piano Company, Inc., Dyer Company, The.
E. B. Truax & Son, Inc., E. E. Wilson Company, E. H.
Hosford Co., E. J. Berry Company, E. M. Fay Electric
Company, Inc., E. Pappas Co., E. R. Grabow Company,
Inc., Eagle Construction Company, Eameslea Real Estate
Corporation, Earnest E. Smith, Incorporated, Earnsdale
Worsted Company, Eastern Apple Company, Eastern But-
ter Company, Eastern Coal and Coke Company, Eastern
Electric Supply Co., Eastern Extract Company, Eastern
Luggage Company, Inc., Eastern Rubber Co., Eastern Sal-
vage Co., Eastern Tire Rebuilders Co., Eastern Tire Supply
Co., Economy Plumbing, Lighting and Heating Supply
Company, Economy Rug Works, Inc., Edgarton Mfg. Co.,
Edgartown Realty Company, The, Edie & Company, In-
332 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319.
Certain cor- corporatccl, Edlo Laboratories, Inc. (1925), Edward M.
dissolved. Alden Co., Edward Perkins Lumber Co., Edwards Furniture
Company, Inc., Edwin C. Foss Inc., Ehrlich & Wolf Inc.,
El-Jobe-An Mutual Building Association, Inc., Eliot Lunch,
Inc., Elizabeth Eaton, Inc., Elliot & Douglas Manufacturing
Company, Elm Amusement Company of Danvers, Elm
Amusement Company of Hudson, Elm Street Theatre Com-
pany of Worcester, Elm Theatre Company, Empire Milli-
nery Company, Inc., Endurance Mfg. Co. Inc., Enfield
Dairy Inc., Ernest A. Hurd, Inc.; Esplanade, Incorporated,
The, Essex Baking Company, Inc., Essex County Co-
operative Dairy Association, Essex Drug Co., Essex Hosiery
Co. Inc., Essex Shoe Company, Inc., Essex Wood Heel
Company, Estes-Odell, Inc., Evans-Lawrie Company, Ever
Sharp File Co. Inc., Everett Bronze and Aluminum Foundry
Inc., Everett Motor Company, Everwell Associates, In-
corporated, The, Everyday, Inc.
F. A. Hermann Company, F. A. York Co., F. D. Kirby,
Inc., F. E. Atteaux & Co., Inc., F. E. Earle Company, F.
H. Thomas Company, F. L. Horton Corporation, F. P. Adams
Company, Inc., F. T. Curley Company, Inc., F. T. Mor-
combe Co., F. W. Pray Coal Company, F. X. DeLorey &
Co. Inc., Fahey Leather Stain Co., Fairfield Shoe Co.,
Fairview Inn, Inc., Falcon Press, Fall River Produce Com-
pany, Fall River Restaurant Company, Falls Dry Goods
Company, The, Famous Cloak Company, Fannon's Tog
Shops Inc., Farmers Co-operative Dairy Dealers, Inc.,
Fashion Parlor Furniture Company, Fashion Shop, Incorpo-
rated, Federal Abrasive Works, Inc., Federal Coach Com-
pany, Federal Truck Company of Boston, Federal Willow
Furniture Manufacturing Company, Fenway Operating
Company, Fibreboard Supply Company, Fidelity Clothing
Co. Inc., Fidelity Realty Co., Inc., Fidlers' Inc., Fields
Corner Olympia Co., Finance and Realty Corporation, The,
Finnish Baths, Inc., First National Exhibitors Circuit of
New England, Inc., Fiske Motors Inc., Fitchburg Bobbin
Cleaning Machine Co., Fitchburg Brick Company, Fitz-
Gerald the Druggist Inc., Fitzgerald Corporation, The,
Fiumara-Watts Garage Company, The, Flagg Lunch, Inc.,
Flash-On-Advertising Co., The, Fhnt & Co. Inc., Florida
Grape and Land Company, Florida-Massachusetts Com-
pany, Florida Scenic Highlands Land Company, Forest
Hills Construction Co. Inc., Forrest-Lydiard Co., The,
Foster & Co., Inc., Fowle, Hibbard Company, Fox Furniture
Company (1919), Frances H. Clapp Corporation, Francis
C. Gagnier, Inc., Francis L. Stanley Company, Frank A.
Andrews Inc. (1911), Frank A. Holby Corporation of Massa-
chusetts, Frank J. Low Co., Frank R. Briggs Company,
Frank R. Shannon Co., Franklin County Automobile
Dealers Exchange, Inc., Frankhn Garden, Inc., Franklin
Ice Company, Frankhn Motor Sales Co., Franz Bros., Inc.,
Fraternity Craft Co. Inc., Fred J. Land Incorporated, Fred
K. Wells Sales Company, Fred S. Stewart Company, Fred-
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 3l9. 333
erick C. Adams Inc., Freedman Bros. Shoe Co., Inc., Free- Certain cor-
man Manufacturing Co., Inc., Fritz Carlton Hotel Company, diLToVvrd.
Fuelite Natural Gas Company Inc., Fuller Construction
Company, Fullum-Thorburn, Inc., Fulton Confectionery
Company, Inc.
G. B. Lawrence Company, G. E. Bliss, Inc., G. F. Red-
mond & Company, Inc., G. Ferullo Company, G. J. Prew
& Co., Inc., Gale & Co. Inc., Gardner Chair Company,
Gardner Hardware Co., Garinger Motor Company, The,
Garland, Inc., Garrett's Service Inc., Gateway Filling Sta-
tion, Inc., The, General Auto Sales Inc., General Collection
Bureau, Inc., General Fibre Box Company (1919), General
Manufacturing Company, General Merchandise Corporation,
General Phonograph Corporation of New England, General
Tool and Stamping Company, Inc., George Alexiade & Sons
Co., Geo. B. Creesy Co. Inc., George B. Dodge Co., Inc.,
Geo. B. Dowley Inc., Geo. D. Pearson Co., Inc., George F.
McKenna & Son, Inc., George Morrell, Inc., George Turco
Company, George W. Haynes, Inc., George Whitaker &
Co. Inc., George's Lunch Inc., Gilbert & Freedlender Shoe
Co., Gilchrest-Wallace Co., Inc., Gillespie Manufacturing
Co., Inc., Gillette Autoparts Co. Inc., Girard Auto Renting,
Inc., Glendale Laundry System, Inc., Globe Auto Body
Service Corporation, Globe Cloak & Suit Co., Globe Enter-
prise Company, The, Globe Importing Co., Globe Sanitary
Laundry Company, Goldberg-Kolman, Inc., Goldberg's,
Inc., Golden Distributing Corporation, Gong Wah Com-
pany, Goniprow-O'Neil Co., Goodhue Leather Company,
Goodwin, Quist and Graham Inc., Gordon Bankers' Pub-
licity Corporation, Gordon Dress Company, Inc., Gordon's
Central Sq. Theatre Company, Coward's Market Company,
Grand Family Laundry, Inc., Granite Realty Co. Inc.,
Gray & Davis Corporation, Gray Brothers Construction
Company, Gray Mercantile Agency, Inc., Gray Wood Heel
Company, Great Eastern Products Company, The, Green
Label Bottling Company, Grenier & Company Inc., Grimes
Lunch Co., Grocers' Cash System, Inc., Groton Private
Hospital, Incorporated, Groveland Shoe Co., Inc., Grueby
Faience and Tile Company, Guarantee Roofing Company,
The, Guiel & Bachand, Incorporated, Guild and Gray Inc.,
Gunning Iron & Brass Foundry, Inc., The, Gwendolyn's,
Incorporated.
H. & G. Dry-Goods, Inc., H. B. Bowl & Company, Inc.,
H. C. Davis Company, Inc., H. H. March Inc., H. J. Robert-
son Company, H. L. Buss Company, H. L. Moore, Inc.,
H. N. Fish Company, H. R. White Co., H. Russell Burbank
Co., The, H. T. Born Productions Inc., H. W. Peters Com-
pany, Hagman Grinder Company, Inc., Hair-Rite Labora-
tories, Incorporated, Hall Electrical Company, Hamilton
Manufacturing Company, The, Hammond Reed Company,
Hampden Plumbing and Heating Company, The, Hanipton
Golf and Country Club Inc., HandyMit, Incorpo ated,
Hanna Company, The, Harbor Machine Company, Harbor
334 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319.
Certam^cor- gp^^ Inc, Harding Theaters, Inc., Hardshall Process, Inc.,
dissolved. Harmony Shoemakers Inc., Harold W. O'Leary Company,
Harold's Radio Co. Inc., Harper X L Products Co., Inc.,
Harriette Inc., Harrington Sales Company, Inc., Harris
Remedy Company, Harry Leshner Creamery Co., Harry
M. O'Brien, Inc., Harry S. Gordon Leather Co., Hart &
O'Donnell Company, Harvard Avenue Garage, Inc., Har-
vard Building Association Inc., Harvard Restaurant Com-
pany, Haskell-Bouchard Company, Haskell Quality Laun-
dry, Inc., Haslam, Ward and Russell, Inc., Hassler New
England Company, The, Haverhill Abattoir Company,
Haverhill Acceptance Corporation, Haverhill Blacking Com-
pany, Inc., Haverhill Juvenile Shoe Co., Haverhill Toplift
Co., Hawthorne Bros. Inc., Hayden Motor Company, Hay-
den's, Inc., Haymarket Electric Supply Co. Inc., Healy &
Lyons Company, Heath & Company, Incorporated, Heath
Real Estate Company, Helen Sacker, Inc., Hennessey Motors,
Inc., Henry Whiton Inc., Herbert F. Allen, Inc., Hercules
Oil Company, Inc., Hermann Liicke Co., The, Herron Cut
Glass Works, Inc., Hertz Drivurself Stations, Inc. (Massa-
chusetts), Hettinger & Hirbour, Inc., Hibel Fur Company,
Hickmann & Reilly, Inc., Hickory Handle Co., Inc., High
Grade Clothing and Furnishing Company, The, Hildebrand
Machine and Electric Company, Hill Automotive Equipment
Company, Inc., The, Hillcrest Farm Milk Company, Hindle
Automatic Oil Feed Corporation, The, Hippocrates Company
Inc., Hoehle & Johnson Co., Holbrook Cabot and Rolhns
Corporation, Holden Textile Company, HoUiston Motor
Sales Co., Holmes Electric Automatic Alarm Corp., Holyoke
Insurance Service, Inc., Home & Real Estate Owners' Service
Bureau, Inc., Home Appliance Service Company, Home
Building Publishing Co., Home City Fuel Company, Home
Owners Service Corporation, Home Repairing and Remodel-
ing Corp., Home-Town Bakery Inc., Homer C. Perkins Co.,
Inc., Homer Foot Hardware Co. Inc., Homer Oil Burner
Corporation, Hood Tire Sales Co., Hopewell Manufacturing
Company, Hopkins & Lee Company, Hopkinson Japanning
Company, Horn Shoe Company, Hotel Belmont, Inc., Hotel
Metropolitan, Inc., Hotel Pharmacy, Incorporated, House-
hold Accessory, Inc., Howe Taxi, Inc., Hoyt Construction
Company, Hub Quilt Manufacturing Company Incorporated,
Hub Restaurant, Inc., The, Hudson Brothers Wrecking
Corporation, Hudson Building Company, Hudson Dyeing
Company, Hudson Pictures Corporation, Hudson Shoe Com-
pany, Huey Brothers Company, Hugh J. Bradley, Inc.,
Humboldt Amusement Co., Humboldt Manufacturing Com-
pany, The, Humboldt Theatre, Inc., Humphreys Sanborn
Incorporated, Hunneman Service, Inc., Huntington Motor
Mart, Inc., Hunton & Hoxie Co., Inc., Huron Avenue Drug
Company, Hyde Square Hardware Company, Hydro Manu-
facturing Company, The, Hygrade Laundry Inc., Hynes
and Carph Co., Inc., The.
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319. 335
I. Charak Company, I. E. Hill & Co., Inc., I. H. Wiley Certain cor-
Waxene Company, I. Holtz Shoe Company, I. N. Chase d°sToVved.
Lumber Co., Ideal Financing Association, Inc. (5/12/25),
Ideal Five and Ten Cent Grocery Stores, Inc., Ideal Garage
Co., Ideal Ladies Garment Shop, Inc., Ideal Upholstering
Co. Inc., Imp Burner Company, Imperial Productions, Inc.,
Independent Fibre Company, Independent Lunch, Inc.,
Independent Taxi Company of Cambridge, Inc., Indessi
Ice Cream Co., Ingalls Garage Inc., Institute of Agriculture,
Inc., The, Intercontinental Fibre Co., Interior Advertising
Company, Inc., International Bond & Security Company,
International Furniture Co., Inc., International Gypsum
Company, Inc., The, International Manufacturing Com-
pany, International Optical Corporation, The, International
Supply Company, Inc., Interstate Commission Company,
Interstate Stage Lines, Inc., Interstate Transit Co. Inc.,
Investment Sales Corporation, Investors' Guaranty Cor-
poration of New England, Irwin Corporation, Italian &
American Products Exchange, Inc.
J. E. Laj^cock Company, J. F. Howard, Incorporated, J.
F. Kimball & Companj^, Inc., J. Falkson & Co. Inc., J. H.
Mitchell Co., J. L. Provost Co. Inc., J. Lipsky Co., Inc.,
J. Murray Quinby, Inc., J. R. Estabrook Construction Com-
pany, J. Rubin Co. Inc., J. Solin Co., Inc., J. Stanley Gal-
lagher, Inc., J. W. Fletcher Pharmacy, J. W. Yates Inc.,
Jacob Dreyfus & Sons Company, Jacobs, Whitcomb Com-
pany, James A. Ross, Inc., James F. McGrath Company,
James M. Downs Company, Inc., James Millar Co., James
Robertson & Co., Inc., James W. Hitchings Company,
Jameson Lumber Company, The, Jane Eaton Candies, Inc.
(1926), Janes-Walker Co., Inc., Jardin Inc., Jefferson Thea-
ter, Inc., Jellcrson-Rafter Company, Jersey Garage, Inc.,
Jesse R. Croxford, Inc., Jessta, Incorporated, Jewelers Sales
and Loan Exchange Co., Inc., Joe's Market, Inc., John B.
O'Neil Company, Inc., John C. DeLaney Moulding Com-
pany, John Davis Shoe Stores, Inc., John E. Hayford Co.,
John F. Brown, Jr. Co., John F. Johnston Company, John
H. Tarment Company, John Heald Company, John J.
Crowley Coal Co., Inc., John J. White & Son Company,
John S. Boyd Company, John Urban Riley Incorporated,
John W. Danforth Company, John's Inc., Johnson & Co.,
Inc., Jones-Apt, Inc., Jones-Mannix Company, Joseph
Johnsyn & Sons, Inc., Joseph P. Henry, Inc., The.
K & S Automotive Service Company, The, Karl Andren
Company, Karmak Company, Inc., The, Katama Mills,
Kelly-Springfield Truck and Bus Corporation of Massa-
chusetts, Kelvinator Boston, Inc., Kennedy Furniture Com-
pany, Kennedy-Wilhams & Co. Inc., Kenwood Company,
The, Kerr Advertising Company, Kiley, Bruder & Kiley
Inc., Killion Rubber Company, Kingsley Drug Company,
Kittredge and Savitt Incorporated, Kleen-Heet Co. of
Boston, Klingberg Company, The, Kneeland Dress Company,
Kollen's Public Market Corporation, Kolyon Mfg. Co.
336 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319.
Certain cor- L_ \ ■\y, AcceptancG Corporation, of Holyoke, Mass.,
drsToivrd. L. Agoos & Co. Inc., L. B. Cousins Company, Inc., L. B.
Goodspeed Co., L. J. Pasquinucci Realty Co., L. Lo Conte
& Co., Inc., L. 0. Wetherell Company, L. Rosenberg Co.,
Inc., LaFollette Coal and Iron Corporation, Lafayette
Lodge Incorporated, Lake Silver Fox Co., Lake Street
Cleansing and Dyeing Company, Inc., The, Lakin's, In-
corporated, Lambert-Osgood Co., The, Lamino Manufac-
turing Company, Lamping-Nolan Shops, Inc., The, Lancaster
Apartments Inc., Langdon Apartments, Inc., The, Langham
Hotel Company, Lansing Awning & Tent Co., Inc., Larry
Welch Agency, Inc., Lasher-Peerblow Company, Lawrence
Ice Company (1888), Lawrence Spring Company, Lawrence
Sun Publishing Company, Laxton Medicine Company Inc.,
Leader Chain Stores, Incorporated, The, Leather Products
Corporation, Lee Brothers Company, Leeds Company, Ltd.,
Legion Arms, Inc., Leo J. Lyons Sons Company, Leo Katz,
Incorporated, Leo Olans Inc., Leon's Clothes Shop, Inc.,
Lerer Wholesale Grocery Company, Lester Mintz Company
Inc., Lewis Diamond Co. Inc., Lewis J. Bird Company,
Lexington Park Building and Sales Co., Lexington Rubber
Company, Libby Manufacturing Company, Liberty Piano
& Furniture Co., Liberty Restaurant Company, Liberty
Tailoring Co., Inc., Liberty Washing Machine Company,
Linab Products, Inc., Lincoln Care Company, Inc., Lincoln
Oil Company, Lincoln Stone Quarry Company, Lincoln
Woolen Mills, Inc., Lindenberg Water Battery Motor Com-
pany, LTndependant Publishing Company, Linnit Service,
Inc., Linwood H. Young Company, Little field-Legal Leather
Co., Littleton Manufacturing Company, Livingstone Motor
Co. Inc., Lloyd's of Boston, Inc. (1928), Lockwood Company,
Inc., Lombard White Company, London and Ellis, Inc.,
London Character Shoe Co., London Merchandising Co.,
London Seal Bottling Company, Incorporated, Longmeadow
Farms Company, Loring & Hammond Inc., Loring-Axtell
Company, Lorraine Shoe Co., Lothian Realty Co. Inc.,
Louis' Public Market, Inc., Louis Realty Company, Louise
Clothes Shop, Inc., The, Low Price Stores Company, Lowell
Baking Co., Inc., Luccio & Son Inc., Ludlum Products Cor-
poration, The, Luxor Cab Manufacturing Corporation,
Lyman B. Brooks Company, Lynch Motor Co., Inc., Lynn
and Boston Despatch, Inc., Lynn Coaster Car Corporation,
Lynn Motor, Inc., Lynn Olympia Company, Lynway Shoe
Company, Lyons & Dunn Shoe Co.
M & M Company, The, M & R Shoe Co., M & S Doughnut
Corporation, M. Cohen & Sons Company, M. E. H. Mer-
' chandising Co., M. F. Gookin Co. Inc., M. Finkovitch, Inc.,
M. J. B. Realty Company, The, M. J. Brohen Company,
The, M. J. Fish Sons Co., Inc., Macco Manufacturing Com-
pany, MacDonnell's Inc. (1912), MacLaughlin Shoe Co.,
MacNeill Electric Service Co., Macdonald Brothers In-
corporated, Macdougal & Morrison, Inc., Macomber Ice
Cream Incorporated, Macy Furniture Co. Inc., Madeira
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319. 337
Grocery Corporation, Madison, Inc., The, Madison Realty Certain cor-
Corporation, The, Magnet Theatre Company, Magoun dbToVvrd.
Square Pharmacy, Incorporated, Maille Drug Company,
Incorporated, Main PubHc Market Co. Inc., Main St.
Realty Co. of Worcester, Inc., Malcolm H. Smith Company,
Inc., Maiden Hardware Co., Maiden Sole Co., Mansfield
Housing Corporation, Mansion House Ice Cream Company,
Manufacturers Cloak & Suit House Inc., Manufacturers
Outlet, Inc., Maple Row Stock Farm, Inc., Mar-Bel Fashion
Shop, Inc., Marbeth Inc., Marguerite's Gowns, Inc., Marine
Securities Corporation, Marion Cranberry Co., Markem
Machine Company, Marketing Service Company, The,
Marmon Worcester Company, Marshall Fabric Co., Mar-
shalls. Incorporated, Martin Fifth Wheel and Trailer Com-
pany, Mary Ann Doughnut Shoppe, Inc., Mary Gay's
Kiddies' Shops, Inc., Maryland Apartments, Inc., Marysville
Dredging Company, Maslo Products Company, Massachu-
setts Advertising Sales Service, Inc., Massachusetts Brick
Corporation, Massachusetts Building-Loan Company, In-
corporated, Massachusetts Iron & Steel Co., Massachusetts
Legal Service Associates, Inc., Massachusetts Motor Sales
Co., Massachusetts Tailors and Furriers, Inc., Massachusetts
Wholesale Grocery Company, Massasoit Knitting Mills,
Inc., Mastercrafts Incorporated, The, Mastic Co., The,
Mattapan Motor Co., Maxwell Undergarment Company,
Mayer Hosiery Company, Mayflower Grape Wine Company,
Mayflower Investment Corporation, Mayflower Markets of
Massachusetts, Inc., Maylon Shoe Company, Maytag Sales
Company, Inc., McAdam & O'Brien, Inc., McCarty's, Inc.,
McElwain, Holmes Company, McGaffee Shoe Company,
McGrath, Inc., McGrath Motors Inc., McGrath-Sherrill
Press, McMinn & Quigley Steel Company, Mechanics Fur-
niture Co., Medfield Inn, Inc., Medford Motors, Inc., Medi-
cal Products Company, Medway News Company, Melville
Shoe Corporation, Melvin Realty Corp., Mercantile Bond
& Share Corporation, Mercantile Laundry Company, Mer-
cantile Sales and Finance Corporation, Merchant Tailors
Manufacturing Company, Merchants' Collecting Company,
The, Merchants Jobbing Company, Mercury Messengers
Inc., Merrimac Valley Coaches, Inc., Merrimack Cabinet
Co., Inc., Merrimack Machine Company, Merrimack Woolen
Corporation, Mesaba Railway Company, Meserve Rotary
Snow Plow Company, Messina Realty Company, Metal-
lurgical Research Company, Metropolitan Academy of
Aeronautics, Inc., Metropolitan Construction Company,
Metropohtan Grocery Company, Metropolitan Loan and
Investment Corporation, Metropolitan Refrigeration Equip-
ment Co., Metropohtan Shoe Company Incorporated, Michi-
gan Smoked Fish Company, Inc., Middlesex Investment
Company, Middleton Motor Company, Incorporated, Mil-
ford Holding Company, Milford Liquidating Company, Inc.,
Mill River Land Company, Inc., Millane's Drug Shop Inc.,
Millbury Brick Company, Miller Coal Company, Inc.,
338 Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319.
Certain cor- Miller Electric & Radio Corporation, Millinaiton Company,
dissolved. Inc., The, Millspaugh Motors Inc., Milstone, Dublin Co.,
Inc., Milton Public Market, Inc., Mine Brook Cranberry-
Company, Mines and Metals Investment Trust Incorporated,
Minute Tapioca Company, Miracle Oil Sales Co. of Mass.,
Miss Natalie, Inc., Mitchell, Woodbury Company, Mocans
Inc., Model Furniture Company, Modern Auto Service Co.
Inc., Modern Construction Company, Modern Garage, Inc.,
Modern Heating and Engineering Company, Modern Home
Rebuilders of New England, Inc., Modern Transportation
Co., Modiste, Incorporated, The, Mohawk Sausage & Pro-
vision Company, Mohican Auto Sales Company, Moisant
Beverages, Inc., Molhart Company, The, MoUins Real
Estate Co., Inc., The, Monarch Battery Supply Co., Monello
Tile & Marble Co. Inc., Montvale Monumental Co., Moon
Motor Sales Company, Moore Phonograph Company, Moor-
land Company, Morin's Laboratories, Inc., Mortgage In-
vestors Service Inc., Moss Shoe Company, Motion Picture
Corporation, Moto-Ray Manufacturing Company, Inc.,
Motor Equipment Company, Motor Radiator Corporation
of America, Motor Securities Company, Mt. Carmel Cran-
berry Company, Mount Pleasant Realty Company, Multi-
Bore Grinding Machine Co., Murch- Anderson Company,
The, Murphy Aluminum and Bronze Foundry, Inc., Murphy
& Osborne Shoe Company, Inc., Murphy & Powers, Inc.,
Murray & Murray Co. Inc., Murray Realty Company,
Murray Shoe Company Incorporated, Murray's, Inc.,
Murray's Waldorf Taxi Inc., Music Shop of Worcester, Inc.,
The, Mutual Auto Body Service, Inc., The, Mutual Retail
Service Corporation, Mutual Supply Co., Inc., My-Inn,
Incorporated, Myer P. Benjamin Co. Inc., Myles Standish
Flower Shop, Inc., The, Myron-Oriental-Rug Shop Inc.,
Mystic Construction Co., Inc.
N. C. Zarvos Corporation, N. E. Bunting, Inc., N. E. Mutual
Service, Inc., N. F. Lachapelle Building Co., N. L. Stebbins,
Inc., N. Levesque Company, N. R. Briggs Electric Company,
Naborhood Department Store, Inc., The, Nadeau Extender
Company, The, Nadel Inc., Namaskett Press Incorporated,
The, Napier-Myers Inc., Nassau Shoe Co., Nathan D. Dodge
Shoe Company, National Art Mfg. Company Inc., National
Bassinet Company, National Business Reporter Publishing
Co., Inc., National Chemical Company, National Labora-
tories Co., National Manufacturing Company of Leominster,
Inc., National Markets, Inc. of Lowell, National Meat Co.
Inc., National Merchants' Club, Inc., National Paint & Wall
Paper Stores, Inc., National Printing and Advertising Co.,
Inc., The, National Store & Office Fixture Co. Inc., National
Theatre, Inc., Naushon Company, Neighborhood Stores,
Inc., Neil Blanc, Inc., Nelson Machine Company, Nelson-
Phillips Manufacturing Company, Inc., Nelson Shoe Com-
pany, Nesmith-Farren Shoe Co., New Atlantic Film Pro-
duction, Inc., New Bedford Cotton Cleaning Corporation,
New Bedford Football Club (Inc.), New Bedford Olympia
Acts, 1929. — Chap. 319. 339
Company, New England Advertising Company, New Eng- Certain cor-
land Chemical Company, New England Development Cor- dbsoVvri.
poration. New England Film Productions Inc., New England
Finance Co., Inc., New England Five, Ten and Twenty-
Five Cents Department Stores, Inc., New England Furniture
and Supply Company, New England Grocery Co., Inc.,
The, New England Ice Machine Company, New England
Investors Shares, Inc., New England Motor & Supply Co.,
New England Oil Burner Corporation, New England Pants
Manufacturing Co., Inc., New England Premium Corpora-
tion, The, New England Sand & Gravel Company, New
England Shpper Co., New England Spaghetti Manufactur-
ing Company, Inc., New England Taxicab Exchange Inc.,
New England Textiles, Inc., New England Tool and Machine
Company, Incorporated, The, New England Whip Company,
New Haven Olym